Mount Rainier National Park · Washington

Trail Of The Shadows

0.7 mi of trail, end to end · about 40 ft of climbing · 2,719 ft–2,761 ft · trail class Highly Developed · hiking

2,736 ft 2,739 ft · 0.4 mi high 2,761 ft

Trailheads Trail of the Shadows Trailhead 2,740 ft Drive there · Wonderland Trailhead 2,749 ft Drive there

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.