{"id":933,"date":"2016-06-20T16:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T02:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hilovacationhomes.com\/?post_type=flawles_activity&p=933"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:30:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:30:45","slug":"wailuku-state-river-park-rainbow-falls-waterfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hilovacationhomes.com\/wailuku-state-river-park-rainbow-falls-waterfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Wailuku State River Park (Rainbow Falls Waterfall)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Address: \u00a0Waianuenue Ave., About 1.6 miles above the ocean<\/strong><\/p>\n Description:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Rainbow (Wai\u0101nuenue) Falls\u00a0is a\u00a0waterfall<\/a>\u00a0located in\u00a0Hilo, Hawaii<\/a>. It is 80\u00a0ft (24\u00a0m) tall and almost 100\u00a0ft (30\u00a0m) in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawai’i State Parks. There is no fee to see the falls.<\/p>\n Getting to Rainbow Falls from downtown Hilo is simple, but please take note that the directions in Google maps under the colloquial name are incorrect. Be certain to avoid the rough backroads that lack park access by following GPS directions to “Wailuku River State Park” (or continue reading). There are brown Wai\u0101nuenue signs posted to help once you are on the right track.<\/p>\n At Rainbow (Wai\u0101nuenue) Falls, the\u00a0Wailuku River<\/a>\u00a0rushes into a large pool below. The gorge is blanketed by lush, dense nonnative tropical rainforest and the turquoise colored pool is bordered by beautiful, although nonnative, wild\u00a0ginger<\/a>.\u00a0Monstera<\/a>\u00a0is also in abundance. The falls are accessible via\u00a0Wailuku River State Park<\/strong>, Wai\u0101nuenue Avenue, coordinates19\u00b043\u20329\u2033N\u00a0155\u00b06\u203234\u2033W<\/a>, and are best seen from the park’s viewing platform.<\/p>\n Known in the\u00a0Hawaiian language<\/a>\u00a0as Wai\u0101nuenue (literally “rainbow water”),[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0the falls flows over a natural\u00a0lava cave<\/a>, the mythological home to\u00a0Hina<\/a>, an ancient\u00a0Hawaiian goddess<\/a>.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n Rainbow Falls derives its name from the fact that, on sunny mornings around 10AM, rainbows can be seen in the mist thrown up by the waterfall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Address: \u00a0Waianuenue Ave., About 1.6 miles above the ocean Description:\u00a0\u00a0Rainbow (Wai\u0101nuenue) Falls\u00a0is a\u00a0waterfall\u00a0located in\u00a0Hilo, Hawaii. It is 80\u00a0ft (24\u00a0m) tall and almost 100\u00a0ft (30\u00a0m) in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawai’i State Parks. There is no fee to see the falls. Getting to Rainbow Falls from downtown Hilo is simple, but please take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n