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Eatonville is a town in the foothills of Mount Rainier, near the south end of Puget Sound in Washington State.
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formerly Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum
A steam-powered heritage railroad operating between the towns of Elbe and Mineral. The railroad has three steam engines, as well as a diesel locomotive in regular service, along with several other locomotives of both types of engines.
This park is home to black and grizzly bears, grey wolves, bald eagles, a cougar, wolverines, bobcats, and more than 200 other North American animals. A tram tour takes visitors through a 435-acre (176 ha) free-roam area. The park also allows guests to drive their own vehicles past bison, mountain goats, Roosevelt elk, deer, caribou, swans and more on a Wild Drive tour. Guests can also take a premier Keeper Adventure Tour and go off-road in a Jeep with a keeper and up close to wildlife. The Zip Wild zipline is also open seasonally.
Driving is the only practical way to get in. Pierce Transit, the county public transit agency, does not serve Eatonville.
Read in the guideDriving is the only practical way to get around beyond the small main street. There is no public transit, and the major attractions are several miles from the center of town.
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