Originally built in the late 1800s, the historic Longmire cabin sits along Trail of the Shadows.
Riders and packhorses at Aurora Lake, traveling along the western leg of the Wonderland route. The original around-the-mountain trail traversed this western section of the park at a low elevation, quite close t More
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Many explorations of Mount Rainier National Park start here at these steps, inscribed with the 1889 quote from conservationist John Muir who described Paradise as "...the most luxuriant and the most extravagant More
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Sheer rock face to left of narrow hiking trail, stream below. National Photo Company Collection. From General Passenger Department, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway, Chicago.
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Automobile at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, 1910..Photographer: .Curtis, Asahel..Subjects (LCSH):.Automobiles--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier National Park.Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.). More
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Regions and Seasons: Snowfall is another component of precipitation data found on weather maps, and is critical to a location’s resistance to drought during warm months. Mount Rainier, a national park, is an ac More
Relief shown by spot heights. Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Built in 1916, the historic Paradise Inn continues to welcome visitors as it has for a century.
"US Park Ranger Anderson was ambushed and shot while attempting to stop a fleeing suspect in Mount Rainier National Park. Ranger Anderson set up a road block to stop the suspect who had avoided a previous check More
Still image from the Grove Mountain Moment video.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Nickel Creek video.
The Inter Fork of the White River descends from the Inter Glacier into Glacier Basin.
Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout provides an amazing view of Mount Rainier's northwest face with Ptarmigan Ridge running up to Liberty Cap.
Still image from the Visit Longmire video.
Terminus of the Carbon Glacier. Still image from the Carbon Glacier video.
Still image of the Paradise Valley and Tatoosh Range from the Mountain Moment: Tatoosh Time Lapse video.
Sunbeam Falls is a charming waterfall along Stevens Canyon Road.
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View the Paradise River flowing through the Paradise Valley.
Chenuis Falls is located in the Carbon River Area.
Still image of Mount Rainier from the Mount Rainier Experience: Sunrise Area video
Mount Fremont perches at the end of a ridge on Mount Fremont, less than three miles from Sunrise by hiking trails.
Visitors walking into a Glacier Ice Cave at Paradise Glacier in Mount Rainier National Park.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Avalanche Lilies video
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Winter Light video.
The Paradise Inn, built in 1916, has been welcoming visitors to Mount Rainier National Park for a century.
A hover fly on Pearly Everlasting. Still image from the Mountain Moment: Hover Fly Paradise video.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Mount Rainier in the Mist video.
Grand Park is one of the impressive subalpine meadows ringing Mount Rainier.
Gobbler's Know Fire Lookout perches atop a rocky outcrop in the park's southwest corner.
Still from the Mountain Moment: Silver Falls video.
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Still from the Mountain Moment: Fall Reflections video
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Still image of Mowich Lake from the Mount Rainier Experience: Hike Mowich Lake to Carbon River video
Still from the Chinook Entrance Arch Restoration Project video.
Still image from the Emmons-Winthrop Glaciers Time lapse from Camp Schurman video (using webcam stills).
Still image of a banana slug from the Mountain Moment: Forest Floor Life video.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Berkeley Park Flowers video.
Still image from the Mount Rainier Experience: Biking Westside Road video.
Still image of Christine Falls from the Mountain Moment: Christine Falls video.
The Nisqually Glacier can be viewed from trails in the Paradise Area.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: View from the Clouds video.
The Mount Fremont Fire Lookout provides a great view looking up some of Mount Rainier's largest glaciers; Emmons and Winthrop Glaciers.
Still image from the Paradise wildflowers video.
Sunrise Point offers excellent views of Mount Rainier and the surrounding Cascades, as well as wildlife like marmots.
The historic Paradise Inn has been a popular destination for generations.
Still image from the Mountain Moment: Mountain Goats video
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An impressive display of bear grass blooms along the Shriner Peak Trail.
Shriner Peak Fire Lookout stands on its sunny summit in the park's southeast corner.
Still image of female Sooty Grouse from the Mountain Moment: Precocial Grouse video.
A 2.6 mile hike from Mowich Lake, Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout draws visitors up for a great view.
Gobblers Knob Fire Lookouts provides hikers with up close views of Mount Rainier in many weather conditions.
The Historic Longmire Suspension Bridge is a scenic destination in all seasons, including winter.
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Still image from the Mountain Moment: Sunrise from Sunrise video.
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Wonderland Trail directional marker, erected at the point where the path enters White River Campground, 1928. During the 1920s, park rangers installed a variety of travel aides- including information signs, tra More
As roads improved, Paradise became a popular destination. Increased visitation drove the need for improved lodging and amenities like the Paradise Inn. This 1921 photo shows the Paradise Inn the year after the More
1921 Rainier National Park Company brochure, promoting the company's full-service outings on the Wonderland circuit. Saddle-trip participants were supplied with guides, horses, food, shelter, and "endlessly cha More
A map of the Wonderland Trail, from a 1921 Rainier National Park Company publicity brochure. The map shows the location of campsites for the company's saddle and pack horse outings around the mountain. Note tha More
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Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Oscar Sedergren, standing on the porch of the White River Campground patrol cabin in 1928. Rangers traveled the encircling trail in all seasons, on the watch for fires, poache More
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Patrol cabin alongside the trail in Indian Henry's Hunting Grounds, with the jagged summit of Mount Rainier rising behind it, circa 1930s. The park constructed the log cabin in 1915, the same year it completed More
Golfing was allowed in the Paradise Valley for a brief period during the 1930s.
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Most everyone is familiar with this very beautiful and common plant of the moist woods. …As the common and generic names simply the leaves and petals are in threes. The petals at first are pure white but turn a More
One of the most common and beautiful plants of the deeply-wooded [lowland forest]. It is a perennial and grows to a height of 4-6 inches. In the late summer the plant is characterized by bunches of bright red b More
A Civilian Conservation Corps work crew constructs a new section of trail at Mount Rainier. Between 1933 and 1939, young men from the park's CCC camps carried out much of the trail maintenance in the park, incl More
The Park Service used the Wonderland Trail for a large number of administrative tasks. Here pack horses carry metal jugs filled with non-native fingerling trout to stock the park's lakes and streams, 1940.