Welcome to this post about the best things to do in Mount Rainier National Park. This place was pretty much the icing on the cake for me during my first visit to the American Pacific Northwest. I had beautiful weather, made beautiful hikes and had a nice camping spot. It’s the kind of place where as a nature lover you can easily spend a week without getting bored. After leaving Olympic National Park behind, I traveled on to Mount Rainier National Park. In retrospect I should have stayed there longer, but I didn’t know that then. Note that this post was first published in 2021 and updated after my most…

When I think back about my visit to the Olympic National Park in Washington, a smile always appears on my face. Together with Crater Lake National Park this was one of the highlights during my Pacific Northwest roadtrip that I made in the summer. Olympic National Park was stuck in my mind for years because in the past I noticed this area from a distance. The Olympic Peninsula in the extreme northwest of America and is located opposite Vancouver Island in Canada. I regularly made a whale watching excursion from Victoria and during this excursion you will sail through the waters between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. While on this…