Camping
Mount Rainier National Park is divided into 5 developed areas: Longmire, Paradise, Ohanapecosh, Sunrise, and Carbon & Mowich. These areas each offer campgrounds and some hotels for your visit at Mount Rainier. The main campgrounds are Cougar Rock Campground, Ohanapecosh Campground, White River Campground, Ipsut Creek Campground, and Mowich Lake Campground. Permits are required for camping in the wilderness, but not for hiking at the park. They can be reserved for a fee of $20, and first-come-first-served permits are free of charge.
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You can obtain a permit from ranger stations in the summer, and many information centers throughout the park, such as the Jackson Center or the Sunrise Visitor Center. Besides camping though, there are other lodges/ inns available to spend the night. The Paradise Inn offers lodging, dining, and a gift shop, but it is only open from the middle of May to the end of October. The Sunrise Day Lodge offers food and a gift shop, but no overnight lodging.
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Maps
Mount Rainier National Park is located in Washington. Tacoma is one of the major cities in the surrounding area of the park, as you can see in the interactive map above. Also, in the map on the lower right, the branches/ wings leading from the peak of Mount Rainier are the glaciers from the geology and landforms section of this site.
The Wonderland Trail is the major trails of the park. It is the longest in the entire area, at a length of 90 miles. As you can see in the maps to the left and below, this trail (in red) circles around the entire perimeter of Mount Rainier. The total length of all the trails in the entire park is 300 miles. This means that there are many opportunities for people to get outside, explore, and witness incredible wildlife and nature here at Mount Rainier National Park.