Mt Rainier National Park

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Across
  1. 5. A 19-mile road inside Mt. Rainier National Park running between Paradise to the southeastern entrance of Mt. Rainier National Park where it intersections with SR 123, Cayuse Pass. Closes seasonally during the winter months.
  2. 6. Number of named glaciers on Mt Rainier.
  3. 8. Company boom town in the Carbon River Valley where houses originally built by company builders still line the main street. Today the population of about 600 enjoy the rural character and remote location on Hwy 165 near the Carbon River Entrance of Mt. Rainier National Park.
  4. 9. Mount Rainier National Park was established in 1899 as America’s ________national park.
  5. 10. President when Mt Rainier became a national park in 1899 (last name only).
  6. 11. Famous naturalist and preservationist, who, along with Bailey Willis, a U.S. Geological Survey worker, led the charge to designate Mount Rainier a national park.
  7. 12. Captain George Vancouver sailed into Puget Sound in 1792 and named the mountain after his friend __________ Rainier, who served as a Royal Navy officer in the Revolutionary War.
Down
  1. 1. Mount Rainier National Park is just 95 miles northeast of this Oregon city.
  2. 2. Mount Rainier National Park is located in this state.
  3. 3. Mt. Rainier is part of the Cascades Range and forms a trine with Mt. Adams and this Mt.
  4. 4. Mount Rainier is an active volcano located in this mountain range.
  5. 7. 93 mile trail circumnavigating Mt Rainier. One of the best ways to explore Mt Rainier National Park
  6. 8. The largest ski area can be found on this mountain boasting some of the best snow in the west with 350 inches of average annual snowfall.
  7. 9. The first white woman to climb Rainier. She was a school teacher and summited in 1890.
  8. 13. Located on Hwy 7 and home to the popular Mt. Rainier Railroad & Museum and legendary “scale burgers.”