If you are planning to visit Mount Rainier for a day, i would advice the following route. This route gives you lot of different angles of the peaks, short trails for the avid trekker and lot of beautiful waterfalls for…
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Birds inside the Mount Rainier National Park
The new lens which Sunil got (18-200 Nikkor VR) was amazing! I could shoot a wide-angle landscape shot and then immediately shoot the bird on a nearby tree. This was a big change for me where i had to change…
Box Canyon
It was late in the evening when we got there, but the description of this place enticed us to stop there. Box Canyon is a very good canyon carved by a stream. The canyon is over a 100 feet deep…
Reflection Lakes on Mount Rainier
I have seen scenes like this only in National Geographic magazines and on TV documentaries. It was a sight to behold. The mountain reflected perfectly on the lake. The main parking spot didn’t have this view. You have to come…
Paradise Park Visitor Center
This is most popular destination within the park and to find parking here is as difficult as, if not more than, downtown Seattle. The only difference is that the parking here is free. I was shocked to see that parking…
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Narada Falls
No idea why this falls is called the Narada Falls (Maybe appears in Hindu Mythology somewhere!), but this is a truly majestic waterfall. Don’t miss it. This involves a short but steep (0.5 mile downhill and then the same distance…
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Ricksecker Point Loop Drive
Six miles down the road from Christine falls, the one-way Ricksecker Point Road , offers fantastic views of the area’s beauty. You can even see the Nisqually Glacier.
Christine Falls
A short drive further up from Longmire/Carter Falls will bring you to a parking lot next to Christine Falls. Few steps down will take you to a lookout point from where you can get a beautifully framed view of the…
Carter Falls near Longmire
if you go from Longmire towards Paradise, you will come to a trailhead giving directions for Carter falls. we were surprised that a trail had been laid out going across a river! We didn’t go until the falls as the…
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