Mount Rainier is about 60 miles from downtown Seattle and rises to 14,411 feet in elevation. An active stratovolcano, it is the highest mountain in Washington state and a staple of the Cascades.

For many, the word “eruption” brings to mind 1980 when Mount Saint Helens demonstrated that the Washington Cascades are one of the most volcanically active parts of the country. Mount Saint ...

Even though Mount Rainier has not had a "significant" eruption in the last 500 years, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) calls the volcano potentially the most dangerous one in the Cascade ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 14,411 feet (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years.

According to the USGS, Mount Rainier hasn't had a significant eruption in the last 500 years, but it's "potentially the most dangerous volcano in the Cascade Range because of its great height ...

Mount Rainier, the massive stratovolcano in Washington state, has remained dormant for over 1,000 years, but experts caution that an eruption is inevitable. If it were to erupt, t ...