RakhiChowdhary |
May 19th, 2009 02:31 AM |
Mount Rainier National Park is two hours south of Seattle. It is really nice that you have planned your trip with your wife.
The southwest (Nisqually) entrance is on state Route 706. The one-week park entrance fee is $15 per vehicle; $5 per person on foot, in a bus, on motorcycle or bicycle. A season pass is $30 and a yearlong pass to all U.S. national parks costs $80. To reach the Nisqually entrance from Seattle, take Interstate 5 south to Exit 127, then state Route 512 east, then state Routes 7 and 706 east, a distance of 85 miles. 360-569-2211; nps.gov/mora
About six miles inside the Nisqually entrance on the road to Paradise is the small historical museum at Longmire, which is open daily year-round, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The hiker information center at Longmire also is open daily, typically starting late May. Overnight accommodations are available year-round at the National Park Inn at Longmire. Also the Paradise Inn recently reopened after a two year renovation: 360-569-2275.
Sunrise, on the other side of Mount Rainier from Paradise, at 6,400 feet is the highest point you can reach by automobile in Mount Rainier National Park. That high, the vantage point is considered one of the best mountain vistas in the world. This year the road to Sunrise will tentatively open June 28; most years snowfall closes it again some time in September.
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