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Guide to Map of Wildflower Areas
Description of Wildflower Areas
MPG V2.7, January 2010
Advisories about Google map display and about the Carbon River Road.
Wildflower season.-- The normal season for wildflowers is early-mid July (completion of snowmelt) to early-mid September. This year with the unusually high snowpack and late snowmelt, snow persisted through July into August in many areas above 5,000 feet and the meadows, but at this time all the wildflower areas and meadows should be snow free except sheltered areas and north facing slopes.
Access Rating Guide
The hikes are catagorized as:
Easy, many local short dayhikes;
Moderate, a hike of 3 to 6 miles or with some elevation gain, some hiking experience helpful;
Hard, a hike of 6-10 miles or with significant elevation gain, some hiking experience necessary;
Difficult, a hike longer than 10 miles or with major elevation gain, only for the experienced hiker in one day.
Information
Note.-- The "information window" for each wildflower area has the following information:
(1) name,
(2) access - entrance and hikes,
(3) latitude, longitude, in decimal degrees and elevation,
(4) topographic map,
(5) access rating,
(6) list of plants and wildflowers (PDF file), see note below,
(7) photo guide to wildflowers.
This is the basic information and with the resources below, you should be able to determine if you want
to go and photograph in the area.
Note.-- The list of wildflower species for each site are provided by the Washington Native Plant Society and the files are formatted for Adobe Acrobat, which you can download. The photo guide is courtesy of flowers of Mt. Rainier and has additional information about and locations of flowers.
Additional Resources
Below are additional books and Websites about wildflowers in Mt. Rainier NP.
- Books in Print
- Websites
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