Tourist Sights and Attractions in Seattle, Washington

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 slots extended to even after a mile from the main visitor center. One would get tired just by walking from your parking slot and wouldn’t have any energy left for the trails.

There are dozens of trails (short and long ones) starting from the Paradise visitor center and the map provided at the center is amazingly accurate as far as the details of the trails are concerned. This visitor centre at 5000+ feet is the highest point on the Mount Rainier mountain you can drive up to. So, it is no surprise that you are treated to magnificient views along with carpets of wild flowers.

We were waterfall crazy on that particular day and chose the Myrtle falls trail which is close to the skyline trail. It was a short walk (less than a mile) and the fall looked good with the mountain in the background.

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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 back) walk to get a grand view of the fall.

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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 falls.

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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 round trip distance of 2.2 miles was a little too much for a bunch of software engineers. But, the views from the riverbed were awesome. There was also a woodden bridge (a little shaky) across the leftover stream.

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