[1] Virinda Longmire named Paradise in the summer of 1885 while she viewed the wildflowers in the alpine meadows there.

To accommodate the demands of his growing customer base, James Longmire's son, Elcaine, constructed a rough path from the resort to Paradise Park around 1885.

[8] The National Park Service undertook a two-year, $30 million project to perform renovations and structural work to allow the inn withstand a large earthquake and to replace the "flying saucer-shaped"[3] Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center with a new building of the same name complementing the historic lodge.

[12][13] The National Park Service says that "Paradise is the snowiest place on Earth where snowfall is measured regularly.

No snowfall measurements were made from 1943 to 1946 as the road to Paradise was closed during World War II.