I need to pick the brains of some of the NW forum members. I will be heading to Mt Ranier from Northern California in August. I have never been there and dont know a thing about the area. I have a ...
If you want to go to Mt Rainier I'd suggest you go early in the morning to get a campsite. I've been there in the summer and it gets pretty jammed up especially around Paradise.
I love the Sunrise area and the Grove of the Patriarchs because they are a bit further in and a wee bit less crowded.
If you can't find a suitable parking spot in the park itself take a look just south in the Gifford Pinchot forest. There's quite a few campsites there and it doesn't get as crowded.