Mount Rainier National Park
An active volcano wrapped in the largest glacier system in the contiguous United States.
- 146named trails
- 375trail miles mapped
- Washingtonlocation
Popular hikes in Mount Rainier
- Trail of the Shadows · about 0.7 mi · Easy
- Grove of the Patriarchs · about 1.1 mi · Easy
- Nisqually Vista · about 1.2 mi · Easy
- Bench and Snow Lakes · about 2.5 mi · Moderate
- Silver Falls Loop · about 3 mi · Moderate
- Naches Peak Loop · about 3.2 mi · Moderate
- Tolmie Peak · about 5.6 mi · Moderate
- Comet Falls · about 3.8 mi · Strenuous
- Burroughs Mountain · about 4.7 mi · Strenuous
- Skyline Trail · about 5.5 mi · Strenuous
- Spray Park · about 6 mi · Strenuous
Best months to visit
- August: Paradise and Sunrise are at peak wildflower bloom from late July through mid-August, with lupine, paintbrush and avalanche lilies beneath the glaciers. No timed entry in 2026.
Permits and reservations
No timed-entry reservation is needed anywhere in the park in 2026. Check trail and road closures first, because wildfires have closed parts of the northeast side.
- Climbing permit: A climbing permit is required for travel above 10,000 feet or on glaciers.
- Wilderness permit (Wonderland Trail & backcountry camping): A permit is required year-round for every overnight stay in the backcountry, and is not needed for day hiking. Peak-season (June–Sept) advance reservations are on Recreation.gov.
Entrance fees
- Private Vehicle: $30
- Per Person: $15
- Motorcycle: $25
- Commercial Entrance - Mini-bus: $100
Official park site: nps.gov
All 146 trails in Mount Rainier
- Alta Vista Trail · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- American Ridge Trail · 1.02 mi round trip · Easy
- Avalanche Lilly Trail · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Avalanche Lily Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Backbone Trail · 5.96 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Boundary trail · 6.74 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Box Canyon Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Burroughs Mountain Trail · 4.7 mi round trip · Moderate
- Burroughs Mtn Trail · 2.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Camp Muir Route · 3.86 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Carbon Glacier Trail · 23.76 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Carbon River Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Chenuis Falls Trail · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Chinook Pass To Tipsoo Lk Trail · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Comet Falls-Van Trump Trail · 10.14 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Cowlitz Divide Trail · 8.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Crystal Lakes Trail · 5.66 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Crystal Peak Trail · 7.7 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Dead Horse Creek Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Deadhorse Creek Spur Trail · 0.16 mi round trip · Easy
- Deadhorse Creek Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Dege Peak · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Denman Falls Trail · 0.56 mi round trip · Easy
- Disappointment Cleaver Route · 6.48 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Eagle Peak Trail · 6.64 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Eastside Trail · 20.12 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Emerald Ridge Trail · 11.44 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Emmons Glacier Route · 4.34 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Emmons Moraine Trail · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Fay Peak Trail · 1.34 mi round trip · Moderate
- Fire Creek Camp Spur · 0.9 mi round trip · Easy
- First Mother Mountain Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Florence Peak Trail · 2.3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Fourth Crossing Trail · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Glacier Basin Trail · 1.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Glacier Vista Trail · 0.42 mi round trip · Easy
- Goat Lake · 0.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Gobblers Knob Trail · 11.2 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Golden Gate Trail · 1.88 mi round trip · Moderate
- Golden Lakes Trail · 5.98 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Grand Ridge via Lake Eleanor · 8.32 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Green Lake · 3.06 mi round trip · Moderate
- Grindstone · 2.66 mi round trip · Moderate
- Grove of the Patriarchs · 1.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Guide House Trail · 0.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Hidden Lake Spur Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- High Lakes Trail · 2.18 mi round trip · Easy
- High Skyline Trail · 0.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Hot Springs Trail · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Huckleberry Creek Trail · 15.54 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Independence Ridge · 1.12 mi round trip · Easy
- Indian Bar Trail · 13.98 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Indian Henry's Hunting Ground via Longmire Trail · 12.96 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Inter Glacier Route · 1.94 mi round trip · Moderate
- Kautz Creek Overlook Trail · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- Kautz Creek Trail · 10.56 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Klapatche Park Trail · 18.78 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Klepatchee Park via West Side Road · 20.34 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Knapsack Pass Trail · 2.64 mi round trip · Moderate
- Lake Eleanor Trail · 6.52 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lake George Trail · 9.12 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Lake James Cabin Spur · 0.22 mi round trip · Easy
- Lake James Trail · 25.86 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Laughingwater Creek Spur Trail · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Laughingwater Creek Trail · 14.34 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Lower Lakes Trail · 2.88 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mazama Ridge Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Mcclure Rock Trail · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Mildred Point Trail · 0.86 mi round trip · Easy
- Mirror Lakes Trail · 1.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Moraine Trail · 0.96 mi round trip · Easy
- Mount Fremont Lookout Trail · 5.68 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mount Fremont Trail · 2.62 mi round trip · Moderate
- Mowich Access Trail · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- Myrtle Falls Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Mystic Lake Cabin Spur · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Mystic Lake Trail northern approach · 18.74 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Mystic Lake via Sunrise · 17.78 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Naches Loop Trail · 2.84 mi round trip · Moderate
- Naches Peak Loop Trail · 3.36 mi round trip · Moderate
- Narada Falls Trail · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Natural Bridge · 0.46 mi round trip · Easy
- Nature Trail · 0.5 mi round trip · Easy
- Nisqually Vista Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- North Burroughs Mtn Trail · 1.5 mi round trip · Easy
- North Puyallup Trail · 5.4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Northern Loop Spur · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Northern Loop Trail (east section) · 14.12 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Northern Loop Trail (west section) · 2.7 mi round trip · Moderate
- Observation Rock Route · 2.2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Old Mine Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Owyhigh Lakes Trail · 16.24 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Pacific Crest Trail · 18.1 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Palisades Lake Trail · 9.44 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Palisades Lakes Trail · 1.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Panorama Point Trail · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Paradise Glacier Trail · 1.26 mi round trip · Easy
- Paul Peak Trail · 5.78 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Pebble Creek Trail · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Picnic Area Trail · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Pinnacle Peak Trail · 2.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Puyallup Trail #248 · 4.36 mi round trip · Moderate
- Pyramid Peak via Longmire · 14.02 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Rainforest Loop Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Rampart Ridge Trail · 2.9 mi round trip · Moderate
- Round Pass Trail · 1.14 mi round trip · Easy
- Shadow Lake Spur Trail · 0.44 mi round trip · Easy
- Shriner Peak Trail · 8 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Silver Falls Loop Trail · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Silver Forest · 2.74 mi round trip · Easy
- Skyline Trail (northwest section) · 0.36 mi round trip · Easy
- Skyline Trail (southeast section) · 0.76 mi round trip · Easy
- Skyscraper Mountain Trail · 0.72 mi round trip · Easy
- Snow Lake Trail · 2.5 mi round trip · Moderate
- Sourdough Ridge Access Trail · 1.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Sourdough Ridge Trail · 0.66 mi round trip · Easy
- South Puyallup Trail · 3.2 mi round trip · Moderate
- Spray Falls Spur Trail · 4 mi round trip · Moderate
- Spray Park Trail · 15.97 mi loop · Very strenuous
- Spray-Seattle Park Trail · 14.38 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Spur (northwest section) · 0.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Spur (south section) · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Spur (southeast section) · 0.08 mi round trip · Easy
- St Andrews Creek Trail · 4.96 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Stevens Creek Trail · 1.24 mi round trip · Easy
- Summerland Trail (southwest section) · 1.98 mi round trip · Moderate
- Sunrise Campground Trail · 1.06 mi round trip · Easy
- Sunrise Lake Spur · 0.18 mi round trip · Easy
- Sunrise Rim · 1.04 mi round trip · Easy
- Sunrise Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Three Lakes Trail · 11.58 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Tipsoo Lake Trail · 0.5 mi loop · Easy
- Tolmie Peak Trail · 5.6 mi round trip · Moderate
- Trail Of The Shadows · 0.7 mi loop · Easy
- Twin Firs Trail · 0.64 mi round trip · Easy
- Unicorn Peak climbing route · 2.46 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Upper Skyline Trail · 5.5 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Van Trump Park Trail · 0.52 mi round trip · Easy
- Waterfall Trail · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- West Boundary Trail · 5.24 mi round trip · Strenuous
- West Side Road Trail · 2.58 mi round trip · Easy
- Westside Road · 13 mi round trip · Strenuous
- Wonderland Trail (north section) · 2.78 mi round trip · Easy
- Wonderland Trail (northeast section) · 3.9 mi round trip · Moderate
- Wonderland Trail (southwest section) · 97.42 mi round trip · Very strenuous
- Yellowstone Cliffs Camp Spur Trail · 0.3 mi round trip · Easy
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