Mount Rainier National Park quietly reopened its gates to the Nisqually entrance up to Paradise on June 5th. Photographer Rebecca Latson took a trip with her cameras out to the park and reports back with her images and observations.
While visiting the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park, remember to turn your eyes away from The Mountain and look at the trail and the landscape behind you.
It's time, again, to test your national parks knowledge with the Traveler's National Parks Quiz And Trivia #6. See just how much you know about your national parks, and learn a little, too.
On a clear day at Box Canyon, you can get some pretty sweet views not only of Mount Rainier on one side of the road, but of Mount Adams on the other side. The Box Canyon Overlook is located along the Stevens Canyon Road approximately 19 miles from the Stevens Canyon Entrance to the park.
A Washington state man will be heading to federal prison for two years for breaking into vehicles in Olympic and Mount Rainier national parks ... after he serves 25 months in state prison for the crimes.
Bored with self quarantine? Yearning for the fresh outdoors of a national park / national monument / national recreation area? You may (or may not) need to bide your time a little longer, so in the meantime, why not test your public lands knowledge on this month's Quiz #5.
Mount Rainier towers above its surroundings. The 360-degree view from its summit is stunning, encompassing Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west, Mount Baker far to the north, the Columbia River country to the east, spreading south toward Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood down in Oregon. I saw all of this on a perfectly clear summit day and having done so makes me appreciate the approach Jeff Antonelis-Lapp takes in this book.
Photographer Rebecca Latson continues writing about her favorite spots in national parks she's visited. This month's column takes you to Glacier, Olympic, Mount Rainier, Canyonlands, Grand Teton, and Petrified Forest national parks, each with great spots for you to try out your own national park photography.