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Photo of Paradise Falls, Mt. Rainier National Park

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Latitude: 46° 47' 9.07" N, Longitude: 121° 44' 15.74" W, Coord: 46.785853°, -121.73771°
Filed under: Mount Rainier, National Parks, Photo of the Day, Washington on 5/3/2006

Last summer we visited Mt. Rainier National Park for the first time. We timed our visit to coincide with the peak flower bloom in Paradise Meadows, and we were not disappointed. The weather was spectacular, hardly a cloud in the sky, and we enjoyed hiking and driving the route around the mountain. Mt. Rainier has countless streams, creeks and rivers, all of which have cascades and falls to photograph. Our favorite was Paradise Falls, appropriately, on Paradise Creek:


Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Image: 13867	Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Image: 13869	Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Image: 13868

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Photo of Marymere Falls, Olympic National Park

Filed under: Mount Rainier, National Parks, Photo of the Day, Washington on 11/9/2005

Marymere Falls is located near Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park. 90 feet high, Marymere Falls marks the spot where Barnes Creeks drops down a vertical rock face on its descent to nearby Lake Crescent. An easy one-mile trail leads the visitor from the Storm King ranger station on the shores of Lake Crescent through a peaceful forest of massive sword ferns and soaring cedar and fir trees. Kids will enjoy the corrugated metal tunnel under old Highway 101 and the narrow wooden bridge over Barnes Creek. At the end of the trail, a brief ascent offers two lookouts from which to admire Marymere Falls.


Marymere Falls cascades 90 feet through an old-growth forest of Douglas firs, near Lake Crescent. Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Image: 13765	Marymere Falls drops 90 feet through an old-growth forest of Douglas firs, near Lake Crescent. Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Image: 13768

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