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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§91 Establishment; Boundaries; Trespassers

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XI — MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK › § 91

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sets aside a block of land in Washington as Mount Rainier National Park for the public to enjoy. The park is defined by township and range lines: it lies between townships 14 through 17 north and ranges 6 through 10 east of the Willamette meridian, with the east and west sides set 3 miles in from certain northeast township corners and the sides running about 18 miles, more or less. If the summit of the Cascade Mountains is sharply defined and lies west of the easterly line, the park boundary follows that summit. Anyone who moves onto, settles on, or occupies this land without permission is a trespasser and must be removed, except as later provided by law.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §91

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All those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being in the State of Washington, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point three miles east of the northeast corner of township numbered 17 north, of range 6 east of the Willamette meridian; thence south through the central parts of townships numbered 17, 16, and 15 north, of range 7 east of the Willamette meridian, 18 miles more or less, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets, to a point three miles east of the northeast corner of township numbered 14 north, of range 6 east of the Willamette meridian; thence east on the township line between townships numbered 14 and 15 north, 18 miles more or less to a point 3 miles west of the northeast corner of township 14 north, of range 10 east of the Willamette meridian; thence northerly subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets, 18 miles more or less, to a point 3 miles west of the northeast corner of township numbered 17 north of range 10 east of the Willamette meridian (but in locating said easterly boundary, wherever the summit of the Cascade Mountains is sharply and well defined, the said line shall follow the said summit, where the said summit line bears west of the easterly line as herein determined); thence westerly along the township line between said townships numbered 17 and 18 to the place of beginning, are dedicated and set apart as a public park to be known and designated as the Mount Rainier National Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, except as hereafter provided, shall be considered trespassers and be removed therefrom.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 108–312, § 1, Oct. 5, 2004, 118 Stat. 1194, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 110d of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 110d of this title] may be cited as the ‘Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 91

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102