The Rainbow Falls Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail ascends Mount Le Conte, the tallest (and sixth highest) mountain east of the Mississippi River and passes Rainbow Falls before absorbing the Alum Cave Trail and terminating near the LeConte Lodge.
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