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Mount Rainier National Park is an American national park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. [3] The park was established on March 2, 1899, as the fourth national park in the United States, preserving 236,381 acres (369.3 sq mi; 956.6 km 2) [1] including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,410-foot (4,390 m) stratovolcano.
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that consists of lava flows, debris flows, and pyroclastic ejecta and flows. Its early volcanic deposits are estimated at more than 840,000 years old and are part of the Lily Formation (about 2.9 million to 840,000 years ago).
Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center. Coordinates: 46°47.060′N 121°44.442′W. New Jackson Visitor Center with the Tatoosh Range in the background. The Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center is a day-use facility located in the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park. The facility offers exhibits, films, guided ranger programs, a book store, a ...
1533368 [ 5] Website. cityofpuyallup.org. Puyallup ( / pjuːˈæləp / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma [ 8] and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. [ 9] It had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. [ 6]
State Route 410 A map of the Cascade Range northeast of Mount Rainier and surrounding foothills with SR 410 highlighted in red. Route information Maintained by WSDOT Length 107.44 mi (172.91 km) Existed 1967 –present Tourist routes Chinook Scenic Byway Major junctions West end SR 167 in Sumner Major intersections SR 165 in Buckley SR 164 in Enumclaw SR 123 at Cayuse Pass East end US 12 in ...
The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years.
The day before its 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens was the fifth highest major summit of Washington. Today, Mount St. Helens is the 35th highest major summit of the state. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Washington. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ...
1507707 [ 4] Website. cityofrainierwa.org. Rainier ( / reɪˈnɪər / ray-NEER) is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Beginning as a train stop in the 1870s, Rainier was first settled in 1890 and would become known as a logging town. The city was officially incorporated in 1947.