The parking area is pretty big, but because Mount Rainier has become even more popular, the lot fills early, even on summer weekdays. Moderate and Fun Hike: Dege Peak on the Sourdough Between the ...

Mount Rainier National Park was the fifth of sixty-three National Parks in the United States of America and was established ...

Mount Rainier National Park tried to relieve traffic congestion in gateway towns last year but has been quiet on plans for ...

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 ...

Visitors call the area "breathtaking" and "gorgeous," especially in peak wildflower season (July ... From this perch, travelers will have views of Mount Rainier and other volcanoes in the Cascade ...

Mount Rainier became part of a nationwide protest to protect public lands and federal workers who maintain it.

File The News Tribute Last year, Mount Rainier National Park turned to a timed-entry reservation system for visitors who wished to enter the park during peak hours during its busiest months.

In 1792, explorer George Vancouver named a volcanic peak after his friend Peter Rainier, a Royal Navy officer who had fought the United States in the Revolutionary War. Attempts to change Mount ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest collection of glaciers on a single peak in the contiguous United States.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... British explorer George Vancouver originally christened the peak in 1792, naming it after his friend ...