One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status ... constantly in a state of eruption.

Mount Rainier National Park was the fifth of sixty-three National Parks in the United States of America and was established ...

Looking to travel to Mount Rainier National Park but want to avoid the crowds? Try driving through this scenic road in ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

A seismic survey challenges the long-standing belief that only active volcanoes have large magma bodies sitting beneath them.

TACOMA, Wash — Mount Rainier National Park is celebrating ... carefully documented by park officials. "My grandfather would always say that natural law was for us to live in harmony," McCloud ...

Weather is a major factor in planning a visit to Mount Rainier. It can snow as early ... You might also like Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier National Park ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Washington’s Mount Rainier boasts the largest collection of glaciers on a single peak in the contiguous United States.