An ideal getaway, Snoqualmie falls is just a 30-35 minute drive from Seattle. No wonder, the place is crowded on weekends and a parking place can be so difficult to find. The fall is 268f feet high and pretty wide…
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The Paradise Loop in Mount Rainier
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…
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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Posted in Mount Rainier, national park, trail, waterfall
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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Posted in Mount Rainier, national park, trail, waterfall
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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Longmire Museum and the trail of shadows
Longmire could be the first rest stop in your trip arund Mount Rainier. There is a restaurant, Wilderness information center and a souvenir shop at Longmire. The Longmire museum house lot of artifacts from the history of Mount Rainier and…
