Mount Rainier National Park
Location: Washington
Established: March 2, 1899
Size: 368 square miles
Visitors in 2010: 1,113,601
The 14,411-foot Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. This huge stratovolcano is one of 16 volcanoes in the world identified as particularly dangerous due to its history of large eruptions and its location just 54 miles southeast of Seattle.
Image: NASA.
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