Mount Rainier
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Mount Rainier is a mountain 54 miles (87 kilometres) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is the highest mountain in the Cascade Range, at 14,411 feet (4,392 metres). The top of the mountain is mostly covered by snow and glaciers. Rainier is an active volcano, but hasn't had an eruption for more than 100 years.
On March 2, 1899, U.S. President William McKinley made the mountain and area around it Mount Rainier National Park; the country's fifth national park.
[edit] External links
- USGS: Mount Rainier -- Learning to Live with Volcanic Risk
- Mount Rainier National Park
- Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System
- Mount Rainier stream drainage
- Maps and pictures from above
- Land map from TopoZone
- Picture from above from TerraServer-USA
- Area map from Google Maps
- Map of where it is in the United States from the Census Bureau
