Washington
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier is simultaneously a volcano, a glacier system, an Indigenous homeland, a mountaineering objective and one of the formative landscapes of the American national-park idea. This guide follows how people learned to move through and interpret a dangerous mountain: from tribal seasonal use and mineral-spring tourism to roads, rustic architecture, glacier science and the continuing reality of volcanic hazards.
Stories in Mount Rainier National Park
- Longmire — Mineral Springs Before the National Park
- Nisqually Entrance — When the National Park Welcomed Cars
- Paradise Inn — Building Rustic Architecture at 1,646 Metres
- Nisqually Vista — A Glacier That Records Climate
- Narada Falls — Roads, Water and the Theatre of Arrival
- Reflection Lakes — The Fragility Behind the Famous View
- Sunrise — Indigenous High-Country Use Before Alpine Tourism
- Tipsoo Lake — A Mountain Pass Built Into the Park Experience