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Mount Rainier National Park is a nature reserve in the evergreen state of Washington in the northwestern United States that encompasses the entire Mount Rainier and the area around it, covered in subalpine meadows and ancient forests. At the top of the active volcano Rainier there are huge glaciers that give rise to five rivers at once.

The Cascade Mountains are mostly active or extinct volcanoes. And Rainier is no exception. And although previously the Mount Rainier raged and poured lava around (at the beginning of the 18th century), now it remains only a source of fresh water. Local Indians call it "Tacoma", the source of water. And all because a huge glacier has accumulated at the top of the mountain, which supplies water to the inhabitants of Washington state.

Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Mountains at 14,411 feet. She is the hallmark of Washington State and its most recognizable symbol. But besides all this, Mount Rainier is also a stratovolcano! Just 54 miles from Seattle, America's most dangerous volcano and the 17th most threatened in the world doze.

Of course, the Yellowstone supervolcano should be called more dangerous, which if it decides to explode, will become bad for everyone, not just North America. But Yellowstone is not quite a volcano in the usual sense. And here is Mount Rainier - under a snow-white glacier in the mountains. You can see it from everywhere. And it is not known whether His Majesty will deign to disturb people.

Official name - MOUNT RAINIER National Park

Mailing Address: 55210 238th Avenue East
Ashford, WA 98304

Area: 236,381 acres

Coordinates: 46°51′N 121°45′W

Established - March 2, 1899

Attendance - 1,518,491 people per year