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Mount Rainier National ParkPark visitors and their car in 1921 with snow birms lining the Paradise Road.
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Mount Rainier National Park
For Students
 

Use the research resources provided below to learn more about Mount Rainier National Park and the National Park Service. Whether or not you are planning to visit the park, this page is for you.

Explore your national parks, monuments, historic sites, trails and more. Use the web to learn more about all National Park Service sites.

Learn more about the history and development of the National Park Service and is mission.

The Little Tahoma News includes information on park geology, history, weather, and plants and animals at Mount Rainier.

Visit Northwest Park Science to learn about the Northwest's most interesting scientific research projects. Each section includes an online activity, photos from the field, a link to a newspaper article on the subject, and more resourcs.

If you are looking for opportunities to teach and learn in a non-traditional setting, consider an Education Program Internship at Mount Rainier.

High school and college students will find a wealth of information about Mount Rainier in Nature & Science and History & Culture. These sections include information about the park's geology, archaeology, history, air quality, wildlife, museum collection, NatureNotes written and illustrated by early park rangers, vegetation and soils, a research catalog that covers Olympic and North Cascades National Parks as well as Mount Rainier, and much more.

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For Teachers
Learn about curriculum materials, edcuational programs and teacher workshops at Mount Rainier.
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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.

Last Updated: April 10, 2007 at 16:19 EST