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Mount Rainier National ParkSunrise meadows with clouds and blue sky.
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Mount Rainier National Park
History & Culture
 
  • Administrative History
    WONDERLAND:
    An Administrative History of
    Mount Rainier National Park
    by Theodore Catton (May 1996)
  • Archaeology
    Research & resources
  • History Resources
    Museum collections, archives & historic structures
  • Museum Collections
    Museum collections, archives
  • Nature Notes
    Publications on a variety of topics produced by park naturalists between 1924 and 1939. Includes original text and images for over 100 editions. 
  • Research Catalog
    A comprehensive manual of natural and cultural study opportunities within Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks
  • Scientific Abstracts
    From the 1999 Centennial Symposium
  • Transportation and Engineering
    "Highways In Harmony": a history of Mount Rainier's roads, bridges, and transportation system.

 
Winter snow buries the lower floors of the Paradise Inn.  

Did You Know?
At Mount Rainier, winter snowfall is typically heaviest between the elevations of 5,000 and 8,000 feet. Paradise, at 5,420 feet, receives an average of 680 inches of snowfall (nearly 57 feet) every year, making it one of the consistently snowiest places on Earth of those where snowfall is measured.

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Last Updated: July 15, 2009 at 18:36 EST