One aspect about Mount Rainier National Park that I think gets taken for granted is that, because it is in such a remote, rugged area that the natural resources did not really get exploited by European settlers before it was named a national park.
This photo is from June, and it’s amazing to me that there is still snow on mountains in Washington and around Mount Rainier at that time of year. The landscape is just the perfect stereotype of mountains, sky, trees. It’s all so epic with big sky and big views.
Kurobata Park is a public city park in the southeastern side of the city of Seattle. It absolutely blew me away with how well curated and maintained it was, in addition to its sheer size.
The Longmire Trail is a very family-friendly beautiful trail that winds around the Longmire Farm area. It goes past old cabins, wetlands, hot springs and has incredible views of both the Ramparts and Mount Rainier itself.
Ruby Beach is an absolute gem (pun!) in Olympic National Park. It is a beach for sure, but it’s also a beach that does not want humans around. It is incredibly rugged, blustery, and powerful. There’s no swimming, but just being on the beach around the massive beach logs, rocky outcrops, and sea spray is invigorating.
The views coming off Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park are almost absurd because they are so beautiful. It almost looks like a painting but it’s all real life.
Longmire Meadows is a very scenic, low elevation area in Mount Rainier National Park.
Some parts of Olympic National Park look like they are straight out of a Disney movie set. I love all the mosses.
Ruby Beach is beautiful, rugged, and powerful.
Olympic is one of the most underrated National Parks.
Seattle is a city in an incredibly beautiful setting that is surprising in several ways.
Mt. Rainier National Park is an incredible, beautiful, and underrated National Park.
Looking over the pond at Kubota Garden in Seattle, Washington
So lovely, peaceful, but full of energy, but also not the place to sunbathe.
Mt. Rainier has too much beauty for one place.
The Longmire settled the land around Mt. Rainier in cabins that still exist today.
Mother Nature doesn’t want you goofing off on the Pacific Coast beaches.
Some of the creeks in Olympic NP look like are from a storybook.
Mt. Rainier is one of those rare places that’s truly difficult to overhype.
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