Two National Parks · 113 miles apart
Olympic or Mount Rainier
Olympic drew 3,584,187 recreation visits in 2025, 2.2 times the 1,635,342 at Mount Rainier, so crowds are the largest difference. Olympic has 12 campgrounds to 3 at Mount Rainier. Olympic lists 263 bird species in the NPSpecies inventory against 157 at Mount Rainier. On the rest they match, since both charge $30 per private vehicle and neither uses timed entry. The two parks are 113 miles apart in a straight line.
| Olympic National Park | Mount Rainier National Park | |
|---|---|---|
| Designation | National Park | National Park |
| States | Washington | Washington |
| Recreation visits, 2025 | 3,584,187 | 1,635,342 |
| Entrance fee, private vehicle | $30 (Private Vehicle) | $30 (Private Vehicle) |
| Timed entry reservation | No | No |
| Campgrounds | 12 | 3 |
| International Dark Sky Park | No | No |
| Bird species, NPSpecies | 263 | 157 |
| Hours or season | Open all day, every day | Open all day, every day |
Olympic visits by yearMount Rainier visits by year
Fees, hours, campgrounds and timed entry from the NPS API. Visits from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics system. Dark sky status from DarkSky International. Bird counts from the NPSpecies inventory. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other pairs.