This is where you can find websites, helpful phone numbers, friends groups and cooperating associations, and, sometimes, books related to the park.

Mount Rainier National Park: www.nps.gov/mora

Physical And Mailing Address
55210 238th Avenue East
Ashford, WA 98304

Address To Use For GPS Systems
39000 State Route 706 E
Ashford, WA 98304

Visitor Information: 360-569-2211 

For maps of the park, park vicinity, campgrounds, and other specific sites, click here. 

If you are visiting Mount Rainier between May 24 – September 2, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (this includes the Sunrise area July 4 – September 2), you may need a timed-entry reservation. The park implemented a pilot program in 2024 and is currently seeking public comment for feedback on this system.

For information about bringing pets, click here.

Fees

• Seven-day vehicle access: $30
• Seven-day motorcycle access: $25
• Seven-day per person access (pedestrians and bicyclists): $15
• Mount Rainier National Park Annual Pass: $55
• American the Beautiful Annual Pass (including Senior Passes): FREE - $80

 Organizations And Businesses

•  Commercial Sedan (1-6 seats): $30
• Commercial Van (7-15 seats): $75
• Commercial Mini-Bus (16-25 seats): $100
• Commercial Motor Coach (26+ seats): $200

 Friends Organizations and Cooperating Associations

Washington’s National Park Fund is the official philanthropic partner to Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks, raising private support to preserve and protect Washington’s national parks. The WNPF funds scientific research, youth and family experiences, and projects that will keep these parks strong and vital now and forever, for everyone. 

Mount Rainier National Park Associates is a citizen’s organization independent of the National Park Service, fostering preservation and protection of the Park’s natural state and promoting wise stewardship of its resources consistent with the original mandate that the Park exists for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. The MRNPA has an active program of volunteering for trail construction and maintenance, meadow replanting, and exotic plant removal. 

Click here for a list of and links to other organizations partnering with Mount Rainier National Park.

Helpful Books

The Ledge, An Adventure Story Of Friends And Survival On Mount Rainier
This title will help you appreciate the dangers that climbers encounter when they climb to the roof of this national park.  

Hiking The Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide To Mount Rainier's Premier Trail
While you'll have to be extremely lucky to pull a permit to hike the 93-mile-long Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier this summer, this book will help you prepare for when you do land a permit. 

Tahoma And Its People: A Natural History Of Mount Rainier National Park
The mountain and its national park connect to all the surrounding country in many ways, and Tahoma and its People explains in a readable way how this is so. Antonelis-Lapp is a science and environmental educator who has explored, studied, and taught about Mount Rainier National Park for decades. Tahoma and its People introduces very well the complex natural and human histories of this amazing place. 

Mount Rainier: A Visitor’s Companion
The ecosystems within Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state are diverse-from subalpine meadow to old-growth forest-and support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Mount Rainier describes and illustrates in full color each of these plant and animal species and explores the park's geological history, land use issues, native people, and past explorers-at once a traveler's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular and extraordinary national parks. 

Wildflowers Of Mount Rainier
Visit Mount Rainier during late spring and early summer and you will see a landscape painted in many colors of blooming wildflowers. This guide to 130 wildflower species of Mount Rainier offers photos along with detailed descriptions and notes on common and scientific names, similar species and distribution. It’s a small enough book to fit in your backpack for quick identification of a wildflower you see along the road or trail.