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Mount Rainier National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. [3] The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km 2) [1] including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,390 m) stratovolcano.
Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD) is an annual bicycle ride on a 154-mile (248 km) course around Mount Rainier National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] The course uses several highways and roads around the park and features approximately 10,000 feet (3,000 m) of elevation gain over two mountain passes. [ 2 ]
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The objects arrived from the direction of Mount Baker, then passed in front of Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in the space of 1 min. 42 s. The 47 miles (76 km) distance, if measured peak to peak, suggests a speed of 1,660 mph (2,670 km/h), similar to Arnold's estimate of 1,700 mph (2,700 km/h), which far exceeds that of the record-holding P-80 ...
From May 24 through Labor Day, most visitors entering the Nisqually and Stevens Canyon entrances will need to make an online or phone reservation. Mount Rainier National Park to require ...
Visitors to Mount Rainier and other national parks will not be charged an entrance fee on Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 11 and 12. File/The News Tribute How to comment on timed entry
Mount Rainier [a] (/ r eɪ ˈ n ɪər / ray-NEER), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about 59 miles (95 km) south-southeast of Seattle. [9]
Jackson Visitor Center, 1966–2008. Mount Rainier was a pilot park in the Mission 66 program to expand National Park visitor services. The plans for the Paradise Visitor Center as a day-use facility came about as a compromise when the program was still trying to determine whether overnight lodging would be feasible.