Dan Froese

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USA Mount Rainer

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This hike is well-named! It is easy and fairly level taking you through beautiful forests but then suddenly opens into this open area (park) that seems to just go on and on with this huge mountain right in front of you. In the spring it is full of wildflowers, mostly lupines. and gives amazing elements for photography. Walk to the end of the park to find the Pacific Coast Trail and take a right and walk a short distance to a stunning cliff-top view of the mountain right in front of you.

Photography Tips

Come early, just after the snow clears, to catch the wildflowers; bring a wide-angle lens with a polarizing filter.

Travel Information

From Enumclaw, drive east on SR 410 for 25 miles. Turn right on FR 73 for 9 miles then FR 7360 for 1 mile to the crossing at Eleanor Creek and park on the roadside and find the trail. It is an easy 8-mile round-trip hike.

Spot Type Outdoor

Crowd Factor Nearly no other people

Best Timing Daytime in spring

Sunrise & Sunset 07:33 - 16:20 | current local time: 09:47

Photo Themes Mountains Park snow wildflowers

Locations Washington State Mount Rainier Mount Rainier National Park

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