This website contains the info you need to plan a visit. This six-mile across alpine lake resulted from a large eruption about 7700 years ago. There is no other site on earth that compares. The rim drive suits most visitors, but hiking trails abound and cross-country skiers visit in winter once the road closes. Mount Rainier National Park Highest of the Cascades volcanos, Mount Rainier provides some of the nation's most dramatic mountain views.
Trails abound and so do wildflowers and wildlife.
Wildlife and wildflowers again abound. Oregon State Parks Homepage for the excellent and varied Oregon State Parks system. Washington State Parks Homepage for the excellent and varied Washington State Parks system. An excellent guide to the burgeoning Oregon wine industry. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Lovers of the stage can feast here on 11 major play in the three main stages and other productions as well.