Rainbow Falls Recreation Area was dubbed a historic site Tuesday, a milestone in a years-long effort to restore a space plagued by vandals.
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reclassify the 5-acre recreation area, which features a series of waterfalls just west of Manitou Springs near U.S. 24, making it the first ever county-designated historic site.
As a historic site, the falls, previously closed from dusk until dawn, will be open to the public certain hours each day and supervised by staff or volunteers. Officials hope the oversight will prevent people from defacing the area, which has been nicknamed “Graffiti Falls” after years of vandals spray-painting on the bridge above the falls and surrounding rock.
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