KUOW Hike of the Week- Grand Park

Updated Tuesday 9-18-2012
Grand Park Mt. Rainier National Park hike via short cut Photo below view from the edge of Grand Park of Mt. Rainier

Green Trails Maps- One of the 10 essentials
Check out Green Trails Maps for directions. Map for this week's trip is 269S . Click link below for complete list of maps.http:// http://greentrailsmaps.com/maps/index_Map_wa/
Most of the photos below from Maria Lamarca Anderson

Photo below is Lake Eleanor

Photo below is Grand Park- 2 miles of meadows

Photo below is lunch break in the meadow

Photo below is Michael Fagin taking a nap

Photo below is Maria dancing in the meadow

Photo below is of meadow and Mt. Rainier

Driving directions: Drive state Route 410 about 24 miles east of Enumclaw and just past the viewpoint of Mount Rainier turn right onto Forest Service Road No. 73. Drive 10 miles to sign that says “Eleanor Creek.” There is not a trailhead sign but park on the right and you will see a boot path on the left. Walk a short distance and you will see sign that you have entered the National Park. Trail stats: 7 miles roundtrip and about 1500 foot elevation gain. You can go slightly further if you like. Please bring map-compass-GPS as these directions are our best estimates.
Check trails before you go, lots of trails closed due to fires. Biggest impact East Cascades. http:// http://inciweb.org/unit/closures/4984/ >