Narada Falls (Mt Rainier National Park, Washington, USA)

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Narada Falls

Narada Falls was Julie's favorite waterfall in Mt Rainier National Park. This is saying something considering that you could argue in favor of Comet Falls or Spray Falls.

The key feature that impressed Julie were its width and that there seemed to be a variety of ways to experience the falls. It was also a very easy waterfall to visit as it's right besides the large car park. However, you'll have to make a somewhat steep but short walk to get to the viewpoints for a more frontal view of its main tier.

Speaking of which, the car park view gives you a look at the smaller upper tier of the waterfall. A pedestrian bridge arches over this upper tier. You can also see the brink of the main tier as well as the tiny people further below giving you a sense of how much of descent you have to make if you want to be one of those little people getting a different view of the falls.

The main viewing area in front of the falls, which probably requires about 5-10 minutes down and double that one the way back up, was consistently sprayed by mist during our visit. However, given the sunny day we were having at the time, we were also fortunate to witness a broad arcing rainbow across its main tier.

Rainbow across Narada Falls The trail actually continues further downhill beyond this main frontal viewing area. That was where I noticed a side trail (there appeared to be some infrastructure discouraging the use of this trail) leading to yet another different, more angled perspective of the main tier of Narada Falls.

Down here, it's much quieter and away from the mist. It was also recommended to me by a local I met at Spray Falls the day before. But given how the use of this trail seemed to be discouraged, I'll leave it up to you and your conscience to see whether you want to do the same. Interestingly enough, one of the interpretive signs has a photo of the waterfall from this vantage point. Go figure...

According to Plumb, this waterfall has a total drop of about 241ft.

Directions: The large and well-signposted car park for Narada Falls is about 13 miles east of the Nisqually Entrance. For more info on getting to the Nisqually Entrance, see the Comet Falls page.

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The upper tiers of the falls close to the car park

Signpost for the trail leading to the main viewing area

The descent

The muddy trail just downhill from the main viewpoint

Looking up at people being dwarfed by the falls

A relatively quiet view of Narada Falls

Some fences put up to discourage the view from the photo above

Looking at the onlookers

Looking downstream from the bridge over the upper tiers and towards some jagged peaks in the distance

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Top down sweep starting with the bridge and one of the upper tiers of the falls then ending at the brink of the main tier showing the lower viewpoint in context. This is filmed from near the car park

Bottom up sweep of the main tier of the falls starting with its base and rainbow then ending at its top

Bottom up sweep of the falls as seen from one of the lower unofficial vantage points providing a more angled and unusual perspective of the falls

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For more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.

August 25, 2011

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