Books on Mount Rainier National Park
Below is a listing of many of the books available about Mount Rainier National Park. These range from hiking guides, to comprehensive information books and photo books. We use some of these ourselves, and note that in the descriptions. At the bottom of each listing, we list a number of places where these can be currently purchased. Click on the logo of the store you would like to use. Note that books occasionally go out of stock or are discontinued at certain stores. In this case, simply try another merchant, if available.
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Hiking Mount Rainier National Park
This is the Mount Rainier National Park entry in the extensive Falcon Guides series. When looking for a hiking guide book of a park, we generally look for the Falcon Guide first. With few exceptions, they are very good at what they do, and we like to have a consistent format to get used to. Like most books in the Falcon series, there is also a much shorter "Best Easy Day Hikes" companion book, that describes only the shorter hikes. It is listed next.
Best Easy Day Hikes Mount Rainier National Park
This is the Mount Rainier National Park entry in the extensive Falcon Guides Best Easy Day Hikes series. This is the shorter version of the book above. It focuses on the shorter, easier hikes in the book, although some can still be quite steep. There is less general information, and the trail information is more abbreviated, but if all you plan to do is the quick and easy trails, you can save a little money over the full guide above. This new edition is planned for June 2012.
Day Hike! Mount Rainier
This is another book focusing on the shorter hikes in Mount Rainier National Park. We prefer the format of the Falcon guide above, but the current edition is outdated. If the version linked above has not been released yet, then this book is superior. A number of important trail changes have happened since the older Falcon Guide was published.
Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park
This is a wide-ranging book on Mount Rainier National Park covering many different subjects. It also has a number of nice photos of the park. It was written by someone who lived in the park for five years. Both a paperback and a hardcover editon are available. The links below are for the cheaper paperback version.
Mount Rainier: The Story Behind the Scenery
This is the Mount Rainier National Park edition of the very common "The Story Behind the Scenery" series. These books are very commonly found in the visitor centers and gift shops of the parks. They are short, but they provide good photos and general information on the park itself.
