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

    Mount Rainier

    National Park Washington

Photo Gallery

2006 Flood photos available in the park news archives.

 

  • MountRainierNPS on Flickr MountRainierNPS on Flickr

    Find photos of Mount Rainier and share your own with other visitors in our Flickr group. Read More

  • Volunteer Photos Volunteer Photos

    Volunteers in Action Read More

  • Web Cameras Web Cameras

    Is the mountain out? What's the weather like in the park? Read More

  • The Seasons of Mount Rainier The Seasons of Mount Rainier

    Discover Mount Rainier's seasons through this video series. Read More

Did You Know?

The mountain's namesake: Rear Admiral Peter Rainier of the British Navy.

In 1792, Captain George Vancouver of the British Navy became the first European to sail into the Puget Sound. On the horizon, he noted a large, snowy mountain, known to local Native Americans as Tahoma, Takhoma, or Tacobet. Vancouver named it for his colleague Rear Admiral Peter Rainier.