Mount Rainier National Park

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national park protected area tourist attraction

Mount Rainier National Park is a U.S. national park in Washington state centered around the glaciated stratovolcano Mount Rainier, renowned for its alpine meadows, old-growth forests, and extensive hiking and climbing opportunities.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Rainier National Park (part)	2
Mount Rainier region	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
annualVisitors	over 1 million ⓘ
area	369.35 square miles ⓘ 956.6 square kilometers ⓘ
climate	subalpine climate ⓘ
climbingRoutes	Disappointment Cleaver route ⓘ Emmons–Winthrop route ⓘ
contains	Camp Muir ⓘ Camp Schurman ⓘ Carbon Glacier ⓘ Carbon River ⓘ Christine Falls ⓘ Emmons Glacier ⓘ Glacier Basin ⓘ Grove of the Patriarchs ⓘ Indian Bar ⓘ Longmire ⓘ Mount Rainier ⓘ Mowich Lake ⓘ Narada Falls ⓘ Nisqually Glacier ⓘ Ohanapecosh ⓘ Paradise ⓘ Reflection Lakes ⓘ Spray Park ⓘ Sunrise ⓘ Tahoma Glacier ⓘ Tipsoo Lake ⓘ Wonderland Trail ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designation	fifth national park in the United States ⓘ
ecosystem	montane forest ⓘ subalpine meadow ⓘ temperate rainforest ⓘ
elevationMax	14,411 feet ⓘ 4,392 meters ⓘ
established	March 2, 1899 ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ
hasCentralFeature	Mount Rainier ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Longmire Historic District ⓘ Paradise Historic District ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center ⓘ
hikingTrailsLength	over 260 miles of trails ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II (National Park) ⓘ
knownFor	alpine meadows ⓘ glaciated stratovolcano ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ old-growth forests ⓘ scenic drives ⓘ wildflower displays ⓘ
locatedIn	Kittitas County, Washington ⓘ Lewis County, Washington ⓘ Pierce County ⓘ surface form: Pierce County, Washington Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state) Yakima County, Washington ⓘ
mountainRange	Cascade Range ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Rainier ⓘ
nearestCity	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
partOf	Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ surface form: Cascade Volcanoes region United States National Park System ⓘ surface form: National Park System
photoSubject	Mount Rainier with wildflower meadows ⓘ
primaryAccessRoad	Nisqually Road ⓘ Stevens Canyon Road ⓘ Sunrise Road ⓘ
state	Washington ⓘ
treeSpecies	Douglas fir ⓘ surface form: Douglas-fir mountain hemlock ⓘ subalpine fir ⓘ western hemlock ⓘ western redcedar ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeList	World Heritage Site candidate ⓘ
vegetation	old-growth coniferous forest ⓘ
wildlife	black bear ⓘ elk ⓘ marmot ⓘ mountain goat ⓘ northern spotted owl ⓘ pika ⓘ
winterActivities	cross-country skiing ⓘ snowshoeing ⓘ

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Pierce County → contains → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Rainier National Park (part)

Washington → contains → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

western United States → contains → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

Cascade Range → containsProtectedArea → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

Lewis County, Washington → containsProtectedArea → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Rainier National Park (part)

Washington, United States → hasNationalPark → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington (state)

King County → hasNationalParkPortion → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

Puget Sound region → hasProtectedArea → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

Cascade crest → highestPointRegion → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Rainier region

Pacific Crest Trail → passesThrough → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

PCT → passesThrough → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific Crest Trail

Mount Rainier → withinProtectedArea → Mount Rainier National Park ⓘ