*Mount Rainier National Park encompasses 235,625 acres on
the west-side of the Cascade Range, and is located about 100
kilometers (50 miles) southeast of the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan
area. Mount Rainier National Park is approximately 97 percent
wilderness and 3 percent National Historic Landmark District and
receives approximately 2 million visitors per year.
At 14,410 feet, Mount Rainier is the most prominent peak in the
Cascade Range. It dominates the landscape of a large part of western
Washington State. The mountain stands nearly three miles higher than
the lowlands to the west and one and one-half miles higher than the
adjacent mountains. It is an active volcano that last erupted
approximately 150 years ago.
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