NATIONAL PARKS PORTFOLIO

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK

EASIEST GLACIERS TO SEE

THE Mount Rainier National Park is so accessible that one may get a brief close-by glimpse in one day. The new railroad slogan, "Four hours from Tacoma to the Glaciers," tells the story.

But no one unless under dire necessity should think of being so near one of the greatest spectacles in nature without sparing several days for a real look; several weeks is none too long. Thousands of Americans in normal years go to Switzerland to see glaciers much harder to reach and far less satisfactory to study.

An excellent road will carry the visitor by auto-stage from the railway terminus to the several comfortable hotels and camps, most of which are so located that the principal scenic points on the south side may be easily reached.

Pedestrians and horseback riders also follow trails through the gorgeous wild-flower parks, Paradise Valley, Indian Henry's Hunting Ground, Van Trump Park, Cowlitz Park, Ohanapecosh River and its hot springs, Summerland, Grand Park, Moraine Park, Elysian Fields, Spray Park, Natural Bridge, Cataract Basin, St. Andrews Park, Glacier Basin, and others; developing new points of view of wonderful glory.

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Photograph by Curtis & Miller


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