• Mount Rainier peeks through clouds, viewed across subalpine wildflowers and glacial moraine.

    Mount Rainier

    National Park Washington

History & Culture

Administrative History
"WONDERLAND: An Administrative History of Mount Rainier National Park", by Theodore Catton (May 1996).

Archaeology
Research & resources

Museum Collections
Museum collections, archives, history resources

Nature Notes
Publications on a variety of topics produced by park naturalists between 1924-1939 and 1984-1989. Includes original text and images for over 100 editions.

NPS History E-Library
The NPS History Program provides online electronic editions of studies convering a wide array of new, rare, and hard-to-find materials about our parks, including Mount Rainier, as well as the National Park Service.

NPS Cultural Landscapes
A cultural landscape is a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources, associated with an historic event, activity, or person; or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values. The site provides feature stories on cultural landscapes in NPS units, including Mount Rainier National Park.

Research Catalog
A comprehensive manual of natural and cultural study opportunities within Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks.

Transportation and Engineering
"Highways In Harmony": a history of Mount Rainier's roads, bridges, and transportation system.

  • Ranger-led Programs Ranger-led Programs

    Join Mount Rainier's interpretive staff for a variety of programs ranging from informal talks to evening campfire programs. Read More

  • Visit Mount Rainier: Longmire Visit Mount Rainier: Longmire

    Longmire is located in the southwest corner of the park and is renowned for its historic "NPS Rustic" architecture... Read More

Did You Know?

Artist rendering of the new Paradise Visitor Center.

The park recently completed building a new visitor center at Paradise & rehabilitating the historic Paradise Inn. The new visitor center is more sustainable and less expensive to operate than the existing visitor center. The Paradise Inn, after 90 years of use, was in need of rehabilitation.