Sunshine Point (MRNP)

Sunshine Point is just a short way inside Mt. Rainier National Park from the Nisqually entrance. When my kids were little, we would camp here in my pickup truck for a few days as they played in the woods and explored the Nisqually River flood plain. Alas, in November of 2006 severe flooding washed away a portion of the (drive-in) campground and access road and it was closed forevermore. In October of 2019 I ‘schwacked into the old campground and took a stroll, noting the degradation of the picnic tables and the robustness of the metal trash cans. Nostalgia was in the air. (NOTE: I’ve edited this video after a tour in June, 2022. It’s now a longer version that encompasses what’s left of the campground and has also been incorporated in the “SHORTS” pulldown.)