Paradise, which is located at an elevation of 5,400 feet, is a great place to start your park visit and where you'll find the Paradise Jackson Visitor Center, the main visitor center for the park.

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest ... floods and debris flows in the park and surrounding areas.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of ... of Alaska’s highest peak in 2015. The park’s most visited area is Paradise on the mountain’s south side, which ...

Paradise is the area of Mount Rainier National Park that everybody thinks of or ... Anvil Rock and the Nisqually Glacier to the north, and gorgeous wildflowers all around. If you are looking ...

Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range. We look into its climbing history, spotlighting the pioneers who ...

The dining rooms in the National Park Inn and the Paradise Inn ... Of all the glaciers in the contiguous U.S., Mount ...

The best way to get around Mount ... Rainier National Park is by car since the park does not provide shuttle buses. On a summer weekend, it can be difficult or impossible to find parking at the ...

Rescuers at Mount Rainier National Park are searching for three hikers ... was also reported missing the day after he intended to hike at Paradise on June 21. RELATED VIDEO: 24-Year-Old Hiker ...

About half a dozen employees at each of Washington’s three national ... Paradise area on the south side of the park. The layoffs come as the nation’s parks are growing in popularity. Mount ...