Again, Mount Rainier is an attraction. A visitors center located in Paradise offers a sense of Rainier s Nordic facilities in the winter and a number of summer activities that include the summer music festival series and fly fishing school. Where the West Still Lives Located 20 miles south of the City of Yakima is a small community. Toppenish, the City of Murals has over 30 murals with more in the planning stages. The murals show scenes from the Old West, railroading, rodeos, farming, aviation events, Yakama Indian Nation scenes and various historical events.
Every mural painted is a historically correct depiction of the area s history.
Murals can be viewed from Conestoga Wagons pulled by mules. Enjoy the annual Mural in a Day program held each June. Watch several artists bring their paint brushes to life and complete a large mural in one day. Toppenish also offers unique hop and train museums and passenger train rides with a panoramic view of a farmland and scenic Mt. Adams. Yakima s cultural diversity is represented well with the Yakama Indian Tribe.