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Welcome to Rainbow Estates ...

Rainbow Estates is located in Wake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rainbow Estates: Rainbow Ests.

Rainbow Estates is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rainbow Estates lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rainbow Estates: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Rainbow Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rainbow Estates - they are located in Georgia and Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rainbow Estates.

Communities near Rainbow Estates ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rainbow Estates.

  • Raleigh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Durham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Apex
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Apex is located in Wake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apex <4>
  • Chapel Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wake Forest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Garner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fuquay - Varina
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Morrisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Carrboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rainbow Estates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rainbow Estates.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rainbow Estates. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rainbow Estates.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rainbow Estates. See our Newspapers Page for Rainbow Estates.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rainbow Estates ...

Looking for more information about Rainbow Estates? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rainbow Estates, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rainbow Estates.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rainbow Estates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Rainbow Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Rainbow Estates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.