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Welcome to the official National Park Service (NPS) web site for Mount Rainier National Park. Whether you are planning a visit or just wanting to learn more about the park's resources, we hope that you will find what you are looking for here.
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Mount Rainier National Park
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It was established on March 2, 1899, the fifth national park in the United States. The park contains 368 square miles (953 km²) including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,392 m) stratovolcano.
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Explore the roads and trails of Mount Rainier National Park in a 1555-image virtual tour.
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From its place in ancient Native American legends as Tahoma, the "great white mountain," and Tacobet, "nourishing breast," to its position as a symbol of the Northwest today, Mount Rainier has always been a dominant presence in this region. In 1999 we will celebrate the foresight of those who, a century earlier, created Mount Rainier National Park. With that single act they protected for future generations the wild beauty of the area's alpine meadows, dramatic waterfalls and lowland forests--and the extraordinary mountain they surround. In this, the official book of the centennial, Pat O'Hara and Tim McNulty view the mountain through all its facets: from...
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This is the second edition of a guidebook that I previously called "the best guidebook for hiking (as opposed to climbing) Mount Rainier National Park". That's still true.
The book covers pretty much every official trail in the park, from quarter-mile long interpretive loops to the 90 mile round-the-mountain Wonderland Trail. The book is organized geographically, and includes a table of lists which show trails organized by features (such as easy trails that go to waterfalls, etc.).
Surprisingly it does not contain an alphabetical index, which makes it hard to look up trails or places if you only know their names and not their locations. (For instance, the cover shows a...
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This new full-color edition commemorates Mount Rainier National Park's 100th anniversary. From the short Paradise flower trails of Alta Vista and Nisqually Vista to the nine-mile grunt up to the summit base camp at Camp Muir to the epic 93-mile Wonderland Trail that encircles the mountain, this comprehensive guide will make hiking in Mount Ranier National Park a dream. 80 color photos, 57 color maps.
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Experience the majesty of glorious Mount Rainier National Park! The tallest mountain in the Cascade Range has long beckoned hikers to its many trails. Compact, portable, and beautifully packaged, Day Hiking Mount Rainier provides the most thorough coverage of Mount Rainier National Park to date, including the park's four main entrances--Nisqually, Carbon River, White River/Sunrise, and Stevens Canyon/Ohanapecosh -- as well as Cayuse Pass and Highway 123, the Grove of the Patriarchs, Camp Muir, parts of the Wonderland Trail, Longmire, and Paradise. Nearby camping options are included, plus info on how to extend your hike, a full-color photo insert and overview map, quick-reference...
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Hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.
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Features spectacular color photography and exquisite reproductions. Expanded interpretive captions and beautifully written essays provide in-depth information on the human and natural histories of the Park.
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