Mount Rainier National Park Regions

© Deby Dixon

Mount Rainier National Park's busiest and most dramatic visitor center, the aptly named Paradise is rightfully the park's classic showcase. It was back in the late 1800s when park pioneer James Longmire's daughter-in-law, Martha, proclaimed upon reaching this mile high flower-studded valley, "Oh, what a paradise!"...

© Andrea Roe

Mount Rainier National Park's first visitor center and park entrance station, Longmire has been welcoming visitors since the 1880s. Located in the southwest corner of the park in magnificent old-growth forest along the Nisqually River, Longmire is just 16 miles east of Ashford...

© Janelle Walker

Sitting at an elevation of 6,400-feet in the parkland meadows of Yakima Park, Sunrise is Mount Rainier's highest visitor center. With close-up views of the massive Emmons Glacier, and hundreds of acres of meadows bursting with wildflowers; Sunrise rivals the more popular Paradise when it comes to scenic splendor...

© Loren Lane

Nestled in majestic old-growth forest on the banks of the crystal clear cascading river of same name, Ohanapecosh welcomes visitors to the national park's lush, emerald southeastern corner. At an elevation of only 1,900 feet and surrounded by deep primeval forest, Ohanapecosh offers quite a contrast to the alpine meadows and snowfields found in the park's higher elevations...

© John Chao

The Carbon River Ranger Station and Wilderness Information Center is Mount Rainier's smallest and least visited park center. Ironically, it's the closet one to major population centers. Located in the extreme northwestern corner of the park, the Carbon River Ranger Station invites visitors to explore a unique ecosystem within the park-an inland temperate rainforest...