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Ashford is a census-designated place (CDP) mostly within Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 303 as of the 2020 census. [3] The town is west of the main (Nisqually River) entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. Surrounding mountains and the narrow Nisqually River valley are heavily forested. Some of Ashford is across ...
Mount Wow is a prominent 6,040+ ft (1,840+ m) mountain summit located in the southwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. [4] It is part of the Cascade Range, and lies 8.6 mi (13.8 km) southwest of the summit of Mount Rainier.
Highest point in Washington state San Juan: Mount Constitution: 2,407 feet (734 m) 2,407 feet (734 m) The second highest mountain on an ocean island in the contiguous 48 states Skagit: Mount Buckner: 9,114 feet (2,778 m) 3,034 feet (925 m) North Cascades: Skamania: Mount Adams-West Slope: 8,920 feet (2,720 m) 0 feet (0 m) South Washington Cascades
The Nisqually River is the traditional territorial center of the Nisqually tribe, for which it was named, though they also lived throughout southern Puget Sound. [7] The Treaty of Medicine Creek, one of the major Northwest treaties between Washington territory and the native population of Puget Sound, was signed near a creek at the delta of the Nisqually River.
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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 topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of Washington by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
A Washington-based Airman received an award for rescuing a woman who had a hiking accident in late August, the U.S. Air Force announced. Airman 1st Class Troy May made the rescue on Aug. 28 near ...