Park overview · MORA

Mount Rainier.

Mount Rainier National Park: National Park in WA.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Mount Rainier National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit in WA (NPS unit code MORA), built around the glaciated 14,411-ft volcanic peak that dominates the Cascades skyline and the subalpine meadows at Paradise and Sunrise that bloom for a short window each summer. The park recorded 1,635,342 recreation visits in 2025 and runs a 5-year mean of 1,644,420 annual visits. The busiest month is July and the quietest is February; winter visits run at roughly 4% of July's peak because Stevens Canyon Road and Sunrise Road close for the season and only the Nisqually-Longmire-Paradise corridor stays open, on a day-use-only schedule with tire chains required. Paradise (~5,400 ft) is one of the snowiest places on Earth where snowfall is measured regularly per NPS. This page is the navigation anchor for Mount Rainier coverage on this site: the best-time-to-visit pillar covers month-by-month crowd, weather, the timed-entry reservation rules, and the subalpine wildflower window; the visitation page covers the long-run annual chart.

Mount Rainier on this site.

Mount Rainier National Park is a U.S. National Park Service unit designated as a National Park, located in WA (NPS unit code MORA). For when to go, what each month looks like, and the access calendar, follow the best-time-to-visit page. For the long-run visitation history and the disruption events that shaped recent years, follow the visitation page.

Park data card

FieldValue
DesignationNational Park
StateWA
NPS unit codeMORA
Latest annual visits (2025)1,635,342
5-year mean annual visits1,644,420
Busiest month (5-yr mean)July
Quietest month (5-yr mean)February

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Methodology

Identity, designation, and coordinates come from the official NPS unit page. Annual recreation visits, busiest month, and quietest month are computed from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025 on NPS IRMA Stats. This hub does not duplicate the per-month editorial that lives on the best-time page or the year-by-year chart that lives on the visitation page; follow those links for the deep view. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

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Independence

Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-05-28