Mount Rainier Landscapes
A Special Addition to the Mount
Rainier Web Site
Funded by:
Images by: Carlan Tapp
Text by: Ron Warfield
Please note: You will need QuickTime
to access
the virtual images.
Welcome to a "virtual tour" of Mount Rainier, your opportunity to explore panoramic images of the park's significant landscapes.
Click and drag within an image to navigate. Tools at the bottom of each image allow you to zoom in or out. The status bar shows "hot spots" -- click on them for additional images. Scroll below an image to reach text.
Select an area to begin your exploration of Mount Rainier's landscapes:
Gobblers Knob
Upper Mountain--GeologyGrove of the Patriarchs
Old Growth ForestLongmire
Historic DistrictPanorama Point (above Paradise)
Subalpine ZoneSunrise
Upper Mountain--Glaciers
Mount Rainier has inspired people for millennia. It stands above all other mountain monarchs in its realm, demanding reverence and respect. Its varied scenery, from glaciers and sub-alpine wildflower meadows to cathedral-like old-growth forests, ignites emotion and refreshes the soul. Mount Rainier's snowy crown provides a constant source of water for local stream ecosystems. These qualities, and the realization that the mountain's wildlife, forest resources, and watersheds would require protection in the future, contributed to the establishment of Mount Rainier National Park a century ago in 1899. In the new millennium, the park continues to protect open space, provide a natural environment, and maintain clean air in the face of urban expansion. Mount Rainier inspires all who enter its shadow.
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