Rising 14,410 feet above the ocean, Mount Rainier can be seen from Seattle on a clear day, only a couple of hours away. With its cone-shaped peak, it’s an active volcano and one of the most glaciated ...

Did you know that Washington state has more waterfalls than any other state in the contiguous U.S.? Mount Rainier National Park is home to many of Washington’s 3,000 or so falls. Many are buried ...

In this time of year with that snowmelt, all these waterfalls are just popping and gorgeous, and then you get up to an alpine lake. I like to think of Mount Rainier as kind of like a giant art ...

Through the roots of an old fallen tree, new life can be seen taking its place at Mount Rainier National Park. (Taylor Newquist/The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo There are no waterfalls on this ...

beautiful view of Mount Rainier—safe from the bears. We also very much enjoy all the rivers and waterfalls coming off the mountain. The Grove of the Patriarchs is awesome. It lies just inside ...

and visit waterfalls. (Less inclined to venture out into the frozen terrain? Nearby cabins offer a warm place to enjoy a wintry weekend. More on that later.) Before visiting Mount Rainier in the ...

The fifth, located less than 70 miles from Seattle, is Mount Rainier. "It's totally at a state of background activity, so we're not worried about Mount Rainier right now,” said Alex Iezzi ...

From 2008 to 2021 annual visitation at Rainier rose from 1.7 million to more than 2.4 million. Visitors decreased in 2020, the first full year of the pandemic, with 30 percent fewer visitors than ...

After a day exploring the trio of waterfalls on the Bud Blancher trail or the plentiful views at Mount Rainier National Park, you need sustenance and refreshments. At Mill Haus Cider Co. in ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating nature with 12 new stamps of waterfalls around the ... Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mount Rainier National Park and Blue Ridge ...