July 6 Lost People, Pets and Things

Folks leaving the woods quickly. Temperature is much nicer but intermittent rain fall. Lots of mud and wet clothes. You must hike up to the road to get cell service and have your phone charged. Beautiful gathering, beautiful Interdependence Day with two rainbows and an amazing kids parade

Update June 29

Days are getting warm. Remember to hydrate. The meadow is beautiful. Full moon tonight. Join is at the heart fire. Do not leave anything visible that is not legal in the national forest. The LEOs are training on us. The come through the woods at 2 am. All parking is road parking. Make sure all 4 wheels are off the road. Energy is high and beautiful. Meadow is lovely Pay attention to Milkweed . Please do not trample them Baby bats are being born now in standing dead. Please don’t cut or camp nest them. Both bats and butterflies are endangered. Live lightly on the land.

Update June 25

Please spread the word that there is room for 20 more cars off the road at the front gate trailhead plus liots of off the road near the trailhead. Most of the trails are cartable with 3 people. No easy trails for regular carts but deer carts work well.

Rainbow Gathering Paperwork

For those who are interested in how the gathering was handled via an operating plan in 2010, you can read the operating plan here.

The District Ranger issued us a cleanup letter indicating that we met all the conditions outlined in the operating plan. 

Update June 21

Greetings from the land. Trail from Main Parking to Main Meadow is now cartable. There are steep parts where 2-3 people are needed. Tonight we will have dinner circle in the meadow at 6pm. Nights are cold especially down in the meadow. Bring warm stuff. Still working on access for people with mobility challenges. Dogs must be on leash. Tickets for off leash dogs are $380. First court date in Erie, PA on June 30. If you can support family at court it would be awesome. Help Needed. Please contact the Alleghney National Forest Distrct Ranger in the Bradford District. Please ask for Rich Hatfield and ask him to come meet with us on the land to work out an operating plan for this gathering. Please share this info with media in the area. We need to put pressure on the Incident Management Team to sit down with us and collaberate on creating a safe and healing gathering. Come home. We love you!

Rainbow Gathering Meet & Greet 6/20

Rainbow Gathering Meet & Greet Saturday, June 20th

 

1 PM in Tidioute

 Behind Hollow Hill Outdoors at Schwab and Main Street in Tidioute.

 5 PM in Sheffield

Sheffield Park behind the Uni-Mart on South Main Street is Sheffield. 

 

Why?

Rainbow gathering participants will be on hand.

• Learn how to participate.
• Share your concerns.
• Ask any questions

Please join us.

We Love You! 

 

 

 

Howdy Folks

Updated information will be posted here as it becomes available over the next week or so. Check back frequently as information will be refined. New directions may be added. Existing directions may be clarified.   Site specific information will be added.

Last updated on 6/23/26 at 10:35 AM Eastern Time 

2026 Annual Rainbow Family Gathering of the Tribes

End of June to July 7, 2026

 

We the people, participating in Spring Council/Counsel/Circle of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, on the land of the Allegheny National Forest, on the Ancestral Lands of the people known as the Seneca, of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, having lovingly found consensus: 

We invite all peaceful beings to gather in the Allegheny National Forest for the 2026 Annual Rainbow Gathering from July 1-7 on the lands currently known as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to pray for world peace and the healing of the earth.

Come a week early to help create the gathering, stay a week late to haul trash out of the woods.

Parking will along the road. Keep all 4 wheels off the road. There are some pull outs where you can get off the road. First come, first serve.

                   
Please note the 119 Road is now 1 way from Sheffield to Tidioute so you must use the Sheffield directions.

Dogs must be leashed. Unleashed dogs are a $380 fine. 

Directions from the east via  Sheffield, PA to Main Parking

Go to Sheffield PA, One tenth of a mile from the end of Route 666 (where it meets Route 6) there is a Uni-mart gas station. Turn onto this road, go past the park and cross over the bridge. Continue onto High St (State Road, SR2002) and follow for 11.2 Miles. Make a left onto Mayburg Road (FS 116 and 119.) Make an immediate right onto FS119  and drive 5.3 miles.  Main Parking is here. All parking is on the road.

Make sure all four tires are off the road or you will be ticketed.  

There is no real Handicamp at the moment. The best trail we have in at the moment does not have parking nearby.   Drop off only. Trail from main parking to the meadow is usable for carts, but there are some steep parts. 

If you get to the Hearts Content Recreation Area, you passed FS116/119. 

The back gate has very limited parking and unless you can park in a ditch, FS 119 is your best bet. 

There is a bus from Warren, PA to Sheffield that drops you off at the park in above instructions.  Find details at Bus Route. 

Greyhound goes to Bradford PA, which is about 40 miles south / southeast of Sheffield.  That's about as close as you can get. 

Very cold down in the gathering. Maybe low 40s on the night of  June 19.  Warmer on the road.  LEOs keep rolling in people at night on the road   Park and get in the woods ASAP!

Welcome Home!

Arriving at the Gathering 

Read Tips for Arriving at the Gathering, especially if this is your first annual gathering. 

Rap Raps 107/701 before you come.