Mount Rainier
To the Native Americans, Mount Rainier was called Talol, Tacoma, or Tahoma. It is thought that this came from the Lushootseed word təqʷúʔbəʔ, which translates to “mother of waters.”
Mount Rainier is located about 50 miles from the “brother and sister” mountains of Washington state, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens.
Country: United States
Mount Rainier stands as a large, active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in Washington state, in Mount Rainier National Park south of Seattle.
Mountain Range: Cascades
Height: 14,411 feet / 4,392 meters
First Ascent: 1870, by Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump
Fun Fact: Mount Rainier is the highest mountain peak in the Cascade Mountain Range. It is also the highest peak in the state of Washington.
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