One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status was the culmination of a long campaign by John ...

Mount Rainier National Park was the fifth of sixty ... While facilities and roads are updated and maintained, the natural ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

The best way to get around Mount Rainier National Park is by car since the park does not provide shuttle buses. On a summer weekend, it can be difficult or impossible to find parking at the ...

TACOMA, Wash — Mount Rainier National Park is celebrating ... Now visits are carefully documented by park officials. "My grandfather would always say that natural law was for us to live in ...

We met Tami Asars, the author of "Day Hiking Mount Rainier" and "Hiking the Wonderland Trail", at Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park to get ... to not disturb the natural vegetation ...

Don't have time for a full-day trip to Mount Rainier? Tours Northwest also runs half-day sightseeing tours of Seattle. Olympic National Park features ... of gorgeous natural scenery and an ...