Mount Rainier is the crown jewel of its namesake national park, designated March 2, 1899, by President William McKinley. It was just the fifth national park in the United States. Beyond the mountain, the 369-square-mile park also includes valleys, waterfalls, old-growth forest, and pristine alpine meadows famous for summer wildflowers.
Mount Rainier National Park
Today in History
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Swim city
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Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
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A wild and scenic scene
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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Toledo, Spain
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Best fronds forever
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What, no escalator?
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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A gorge-ous mill in the Causses
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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What the hay?
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
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Installation art turns heads
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In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
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Rice processing in Bangladesh
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Spring awakens
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Yosemite National Park, California
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New York City skyline
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A Christmas market with a long history
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Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
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Acadia transformed
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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World Environment Day
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South Padre Island, Texas