Where the Gathering will be in 2022

2022 Gathering Directions

The 51th Annual Rainbow Gathering in North America will be held July 1-7 2023, in White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire.

Howdy Folks!
White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, 44.4329757, -71.3122475

FROM BERLIN, NH

1. Take Route 110 towards Northumberland and go roughly 7.3 miles
2. Turn LEFT on York Pond Rd and go 1.6 miles
3. Turn LEFT on 14 Mile Loop Rd/Kilkenny Loop Rd, continuing 7.5 miles down the road on the Loop.

FROM LANCASTER, NH

1. Take Route 3 towards Northumberland and go roughly 9.5 miles
2. Turn RIGHT on Route 110 and continue 17.6 miles
3. Turn RIGHT on York Pond Rd and go 1.6 miles
4. Turn LEFT on 14 Mile Loop Rd/Kilkenny Loop Rd, continuing 7.5 miles down the road on the Loop. WELCOME HOME! - Trailhead to Main Circle is on the left-hand side (but parking will be along the road, not the trailhead!)

Park on the right-hand side (inner side of the loop). Check your spot and make sure all four tires are off the gravel road. Please reserve parking near the trailhead for Handicamp and Supply vehicles. Follow the speed limit en route when passing through towns. Bring bug Spray.

Ignore all rumors of cancellation or organization! Live Lightly with the Land and People!

CALM needs donations to pay for medical supplies that get used every year. Please consider Additional information on the water system used to purify water for this year is here. Clean water helps keep us all healthy! The water crew has a CO Water FUNraiser account to help cover the costs associated with buying water line every year to replace the parts that can't be reused.

The water crew is asking all kitchens that want to be connected to the main water line to bring the following items. These items in total should not cost more than $50-$100. Please help get this word out to all kitchens. If each kitchen brings a little it helps us all.

1-3 rolls (usually 300-400') of NSF rated 3/4 inch black poly pipe.
1 or more 3/4 inch plastic barbed T
2-3 3/4 inch plastic barbed couplings
1 or more spigots with 1/2 inch NPT male pipe threads
1 or more 1/2 inch Female NPT threads to 3/4 inch barbed insert
6-12 1 1/4 inch hose clamps

The Rainbow Guide is also looking for donations to cover the costs of publishing the Guide. If you've ever traveled and looked up people in the Guide, you know what a great resource this is.

Happenings at the Gathering

There are many wonderful things that happen at a gathering, but I'll list a few highlights. Remember the concept of "Rainbow Time", and that any semi-scheduled event will start when it starts, and not necessarily by the clock.

July 3rd, Cyberspace Circle: At Info on the 3rd at "Rainbow Noon" here is a circle to discuss cyberspace issues, and how to use this resource in a Rainbow appropriate way.
July 4th, Circle for Peace: Join us for a silent circling of people to pray for world peace. The circle for peace starts at sunrise at main circle, and ends around Rainbow noon after a period of OHMing, and the Kiddie Village Parade!
Talent Show at Granola Funk: For many years there has been a talent show at the Granola Funk Theater. The last few years have been recorded, and tracks are available at this Rainbow Music page.

For more information about Rainbow Gatherings, here are some more documents.

Cleanup Report: This is a cleanup report by a person who stayed to the very end of cleanup for Wyoming. It's in PDF format and very large as it has a narrative and pretty photos.
Rainbow Press Crew: The Rainbow press crew is a completely unofficial affiliation of volunteers who - like all the other volunteers who work to make the gathering happen - have not been authorized by anyone to speak for any Rainbow related entities or events.
Gathering Videos: This page has several videos on it, including interviews with local businesses about the positive impactof the gathering on the local community.
Rainbow Legal Background: This page has info on the legal issues surrounding the Rainbow Gathering, and the past court cases.
Benefits of Hosting a Rainbow Gathering: This is an interesting document about the Environmental, Spiritual, Health, and Law Enforcement Benefits of a Gathering.
Rap on Rainbow Disorganization: I grabbed this off AGR the other day, and thought it was a good rough description about the "Organization" of a Rainbow Gathering.
Reality Check: I grabbed this off AGR the other day, and thought it was a good introduction for Locals as to what to expect from having a Rainbow Gathering nearby.
Letter to District Rangers: This is a letter written to the District Rangers in the Great Lakes area where the gathering will was held in Michigan.
Open Letter to Folks living in Utah and Surrounding Areas: This is an open letter somebody wrote recently on AGR, that I thought I'd reproduce here.
Rainbow Terminology: This is an interesting paper on various other definitions of Rainbow Family, and how that all applies to our own definitions of Rainbow Family.
Bus Travel Info: This is a page with info on pricing for bus tickets.
Train Travel Info: Can't forget Amtrack, on occasion, trains are cheaper than busses.
Tips for a safe journey home & a Positive Gathering: This is a good list of tips I grabbed off AGR, that is worth reading.
Rap 420: This is a nice rap I pulled off AGR the other day on how to stay out of jail when driving through a roadblock. (roadblocks and police harassement are highly likely this year)
Topozone: This is a great web site for checking out sites. It contains topographical maps down to a 7.5 quad. Real fun if you like maps.

Other Sources of Information

Now that it's Spring Time, the Forest Service is cranking up their disinformation propoganda machine. While the USFS tries heavily to freak out the locals about the coming Gathering, usually the result is no where as bad as they try to lead folks to believe. Here's a few general media articles looking back on things from the perspective of a year later.

Modoc Country News: The Modoc County Record published several articles about the gathering in CA in 2004. This one is from after the gathering talking about the high quality of cleanup. Rainbows Leave Forest Clean, Tidy This next article is a recap of the 1984 Rainbow Gathering held near Likely. This next article talks about the Incident Command Team and how they are unnecessary.
Rainbows earn praise for cleanup: This was published in the Salt Lake Tribune a month after the gathering, and talks about the quality of the cleanup.
Recap From PA: This is a nice article, where the PA Chief of Police was interviewed about the previous year's gathering. Not suprisingly, he says the harsh propoganda put out by the Forest Service turned out to be completely inaccurate, and that while there few problems, it just wasn't that bad at all. Plus the local business made over $1,000,000.
Without a Trace: A recent article from the Missoula Independent, talking about how the reality of the Montana gathering, was way less than the locals had been led to believe.
Oregon Cleanup: This is an article from the Oregonian, about how well that site has recovered.
Montanna Cleanup: This is an article from the Montana Standard about how well the site has recovered.
Idaho Cleanup: This is an article from the Idaho Stateman, about how well that site was cleaned up.
Treading Softly On the Earth:The Rainbow Tribe's Impact on Forest Lands.: This article is an indepth look at the cleanup side of the Rainbow Gatherings done by a Taos, NM college student. It goes into detail covering the process of cleanup, and the comments of the various Forest Service's District Rangers years later.

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