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

    Mount Rainier

    National Park Washington

Nisqually Vista Trail

Nisqually Vista Trail/ SW
Nisqually Vista Trail from Paradise.  Obtain a topographic map for the best information.
 
Walk amidst the clouds and see how weather shapes the landscape, plants, and animals of these high-country meadows. Enjoy excellent views of Mount Rainier and the Nisqually Glacier.

West of the Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise.
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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.