84: Exploring Mount Rainier National Park: Best Tips + Activities

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As one of the most intriguing and *potentially* deadly volcanoes in America, Mount Rainier has been on people’s radars for a long time. So today, we're thrilled to be delving into the wonders of the one and only Mount Rainier National Park! This incredible mountain and its surrounding area was created as the fourth national park in the United States! And after our first visit, it quickly earned a spot in our top five favorite national parks. Towering majestically over the surrounding cities, Mount Rainier is impossible not to love! So join us as we explore everything that makes this park such a phenomenal place to visit. Sights to see and things to do on the Paradise side of Mount Rainier The best places to see waterfalls in Mount Rainier The healing power of nature The biggest mistake people make when visiting this park Tips for hiking our favorite trail in the park Other trails and sights in the area What you can’t miss on the Sunrise side of the park How to get to the most epic viewpoints Where to stay when you visit We hope you enjoyed exploring Mount Rainier with us! This national park will blow you away, and we hope you get a chance to get out there soon. Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! Sunrise or Paradise?! Paradise or Sunrise?! We are posting photos so you can see what each area looks like, and you can tell us which one you prefer - even if you haven’t been there yet! Head over to the Dirt In My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and let us know! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	time for me to leave.
0:01.7	Yeah.
0:02.3	I will have nightmares about my incompetence for years to come.
0:08.5	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:13.6	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:17.6	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make
0:21.8	national park trip planning easy. And I'm John. I carry the kids on the trails, I tell stories,
0:27.8	and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much like rocks. Join us as we show you around
0:34.2	America's spectacular national parks. We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:40.9	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:43.7	Let's start exploring.
0:49.2	One of my favorite running jokes in the TV show community is how many diaramas they have to make for all of their classes.
1:01.5	In community college?
1:03.0	Yes.
1:04.9	Grownups making diaramas just makes me laugh for some reason.
1:08.5	In all of their classes, they're just like, oh, every time they get an assignment,
1:12.5	the Spanish teachers like, and for this next assignment, a diorama.
1:15.7	It's just like the whole class, oh.
1:18.2	But it's just really funny.
1:19.6	They always have dioramas.
1:21.3	Well, I brought along a diorama in honor of today's podcast episode.
1:28.2	He does. He worked really hard on it and it's sitting here on our table.
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