Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park

Name: Paradise Glacier
Address: Mount Rainier National Park, United States

#62 among attractions in Mount Rainier National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Paradise Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park

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Paradise Glacier is a glacier on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers 0.4 square miles and contains 0.8 billion ft³ with Stevens Glacier included. The glacier is bounded to the west by the Muir Snowfield, Anvil Rock and McClure Rock. There is a single extant main lobe of the glacier, ranging from 9,000 feet to 7,200 feet, that is connected to the larger Cowlitz Glacier. To the south, there was a smaller portion which was near the Cowlitz Rocks and the tiny Williwakas Glacier, ranging from 6,900 feet to 6,400 ft in elevation and containing the Paradise Ice Caves until the 1990s. This smaller lobe melted between 2004 and 2006. Meltwater from the glacier drains into the Cowlitz River. ()

Coordinates: 46°49'7"N, 121°43'1"W

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Mount Rainier National Park United States

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Paradise Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wonderland Trail, Ingraham Glacier, Paradise Ice Caves, Paradise River waterfalls.

4.4 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park
113 min walk • The Wonderland Trail is an approximately 93-mile hiking trail that circumnavigates Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, United States. The trail goes over many ridges of Mount Rainier for a cumulative 22,000 feet of elevation gain. The trail was built in 1915. In 1981, it was designated a National Recreation Trail.
1.3 miN
Natural feature
Ingraham Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
35 min walk • Ingraham Glacier is on the south-eastern flank of Mount Rainier, in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is named for the Mount Rainier enthusiast Edward Sturgis Ingraham.
~890 ftNW
Cave
Paradise Ice Caves, Mount Rainier National Park
5 min walk • The Paradise Ice Caves were a system of interconnected glacier caves located within Mount Rainier's Paradise Glacier in the United States. These glacier caves were visited and documented at least as early as 1908.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Paradise River waterfalls, Mount Rainier National Park
36 min walk • The Paradise River in Washington state, United States, is known for having a total of eight major waterfalls.
1.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
40 min walk • The Nisqually Glacier is one of the larger glaciers on the southwestern face of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is one of the most easily viewed on the mountain, and is accessible from the Paradise visitor facilities in Mount Rainier National Park.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Tahoma Peak, Mount Rainier National Park
55 min walk • Little Tahoma Peak, also called Little Tahoma, is a satellite peak of Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington and in Mount Rainier National Park. It is quite noticeable from Seattle over 60 miles away. Little Tahoma Peak is a volcanic remnant. It was part of a larger Mount Rainier which has eroded.
2.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Kautz Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
70 min walk • The Kautz Glacier is a narrow glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for August Kautz, who is sometimes credited for the first ascent of Mount Rainier, covers 1.8 square miles and contains 7.8 billion ft³ of ice.
2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Whitman Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
50 min walk • The Whitman Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the eastern flank of Little Tahoma Peak, a sub-peak of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for the missionary Marcus Whitman, it covers 0.9 square miles and contains 4.4 billion ft³ of ice.
1.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Wilson Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
43 min walk • The Wilson Glacier is a medium-sized tributary glacier located on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after A.D.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fryingpan Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
72 min walk • Fryingpan Glacier is on the eastern face of the 11,138-foot Little Tahoma Peak, just to the east of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington.
0.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Cowlitz Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
20 min walk • The Cowlitz Glacier is on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington. The body of ice covers 1.3 square miles and has a volume of 6 billion ft³. The glacier starts at an elevation of 10,700 feet and flows southeast.

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Which popular attractions are close to Paradise Glacier?

Nearby attractions include Paradise Ice Caves, Mount Rainier National Park (5 min walk), Cowlitz Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park (20 min walk), Williwakas Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park (24 min walk).