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Rainier (/ r eɪ ˈ n ɪər / 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.
Mount Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington and the Cascade Range. This peak is located southeast of Tacoma, approximately 60 miles (97 km) south-southeast of Seattle. [27] [28] Mount Rainier has a topographic prominence of 13,210 ft (4,026 m). [2]
Mount Rainier National Park is a national park of the United States 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.
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.
[1] [2] Washington is divided into 39 counties and contains 281 municipalities that are classified into cities and towns. [3] [4] Approximately 65.4% of the state's population lives in incorporated municipalities. [5] The most populous municipality in Washington is Seattle with 737,015 residents, and the least populous municipality is Krupp ...
Mount Baker in Washington recorded a national record single-season snowfall in the winter of 1998–99 with 1,140 inches (2,900 cm) (= 95 feet (29 m)). [8] Before that year, Mount Rainier held the American record for snow accumulation at Paradise in 1978.
The whereabouts of two Navy crew members remained unknown after their fighter jet crashed Tuesday east of Mount Rainier in Washington state.. A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler was on a routine training ...
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5,400 feet (1,600 m) on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States.. Southeast of Seattle, the area lies on the border of Pierce and Lewis counties and includes the Paradise Valley and the Paradise Glacier, the source of the Paradise R