Destinations · Washington
Mount Rainier National Park
WA · 46.8700, -121.7100
From Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Byway's registries place 13 scenic byways, 1 national park, 3 public land units and 38 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
The indigenous people who lived in the region had many names for the mountain dominating the skyline. The words used by Lushootseed and Cowlitz speakers are commonly anglicized as Tahoma, "snow-covered mountain". Archaeological evidence exists of seasonal camps in the subalpine meadows flanking the mountain.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Chinook Scenic Byway · 8 mi · national
- JCT MUD MTN RD VIC ENUMCLAW TO JCT SR 12 VIC NACHES · 8 mi
- JCT SCATTER CREEK CROSSING TO JCT SR 12 VIC NACHES · 8 mi
- JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS · 8 mi
- JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS · 8 mi
- JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE · 10 mi
National parks
- Mount Rainier National Park · inside
Public land
Campgrounds
- White River Campground · 4 mi
- Cougar Rock Campground · 8 mi
- Ohanapecosh Campground · 11 mi
- Evans Creek Campground · 12 mi
- Silver Springs Campground · 12 mi
- Dalles Campground · 15 mi
- Campground: Big Creek · 15 mi
- Campground: Coho Group Camp · 15 mi
Lookouts
- Sourdough Gap · 10 mi
- Silver Falls Overlook · 11 mi
- South Snoquera Point · 14 mi
- North Snoquera Point · 14 mi
Named places
- Mount Ruth · 1 mi
- K Spire · 1 mi
- Steamboat Prow · 1 mi
- Little Tahoma · 1 mi
- Whitman Crest · 2 mi
- 3rd Burroughs Mountain · 2 mi
- The Trident · 2 mi
- Gibraltar Rock · 2 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Eatonville · 26 mi