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Discover Your Northwest (formerly Northwest Interpretive Association) offers publications, maps, slides, posters, videos, and other informational materials. Call 360-569-6790.


Washington's National Park Fund Every year millions of people visit Washington state's spectacular national parks: Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic. Since 1993, Washington's National Park Fund has connected people to parks and inspired contributions of time, talent and money. The Fund helps ensure that visitors have high quality, memorable experiences by sponsoring educational, trail and wildlife projects. By securing funding from individuals, corporations, foundations and businesses, the Fund supports park restoration, enhancement and preservation.

Washington's National Park Fund
PO Box 64626
University Place, WA 98464-0626
Tel: 253-566-4644
http://wnpf.org 


The Student Conservation Association is a nationwide force of volunteers committed to protecting and preserving the environment. Through internships, conservation jobs, and field crews, SCA members meet environmental challenges while gaining hands-on experience in every conservation discipline. In January 2007, SCA was named to direct volunteer flood recovery efforts at Mount Rainier National park and to assist with public outreach and fundraising. Contact

The Student Conservation Association
689 River Road, PO Box 550
Charlestown, NH 03603-0550
Seattle Office: 206-324-4649



The Mount Rainier Visitor Association is supported by local businesses. Their website offers a year-round lodging and services guide for the local Mount Rainier area.


VisitRainier.com provides information on activities and businesses both in the park and in our gateway communities.


The Nisqually River Council is a forum that promotes and implements programs that restore, maintain, and enhance the Nisqually River watershed to protect its environmental, economic, and cultural health. The Nisqually River originates inside Mount Rainier National Park and flows through the Nisqually Indian Reservation and Fort Lewis to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on Puget Sound southwest of Olympia, Washington.


The Puyallup River Watershed Council is a forum that promotes and implements programs that restore, maintain, and enhance the Puyallup River watershed to protect its environmental, economic, and cultural health. The Puyallup River originates inside Mount Rainier National Park and flows through Puyallup and Tacoma to Puget Sound.



The Chinook Scenic Byway is a non-profit organization of diverse stakeholders composed of citizens and agency representatives that work collaboratively to protect and promote the qualities, amenities, features, recreation, and scenic beauty of the Chinook Scenic Byway, a portion of which passes through the northeast corner of Mount Rainier National Park.



The White Pass Scenic Byway is a non-profit organization of diverse stakeholders composed of citizens and agency representatives that work collaboratively to protect and promote the qualities, amenities, features, recreation, and scenic beauty of the White Pass Scenic Byway located along U.S. Highway 12 south of Mount Rainier National Park.

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Visitor exploring the former Paradise Ice Caves.

Did You Know?
For many years, the Paradise Ice Caves were a popular attraction at Mount Rainier. Until the 1980s, visitors could explore passages within the Paradise Glacier which had formed due to seasonal melting of the ice. By the early 1990s, climate change had melted away the last traces of the caves.
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Last Updated: July 27, 2011 at 12:10 MST