Visiting Mount Rainier National Park, some visitors have noticed that something is missing.
It’s missing in the parking lots, the picnic areas, the trailheads, and campgrounds. It’s even missing around the visitor centers and inns. A few folks have noticed it missing along the roadsides.
Have you guessed what it is?
Litter.
Quite a few folks have remarked on how little trash they see lying on the ground in the park. In large part, that’s due to the tireless employees of our general maintenance shop. These staff members work every day to keep Mount Rainier clean. The bathrooms, campgrounds, and roadsides all receive attention from these rangers, and their biggest tool in this fight against litter are the recycle and trash cans you see around the park.
Please help us keep Mount Rainier beautiful. Hold on to your recyclable items or trash until you get to Longmire or Paradise (or Sunrise or any other developed area). Putting these items in their appropriate receptacle help us provide you a park free of trash. Thanks. ~ams
NPS/S. Redman Photo (top). Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise with people walking around. August 2016. NPS/A. Spillane Photo (middle). Looking across Longmire from the Trail of Shadows towards the Administration building. August, 2019. NPS Photo (bottom). Recycle and trash cans lined up in Longmire near the parking lot and museum. 2019.























