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South Washington Cascades

Range Type	Politically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Rainier (14,411 ft/4392 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Washington
Area	15,126 sq mi / 39,177 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	171 mi / 275 km North-South 143 mi / 231 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	46° 47' N; 121° 29' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of South Washington Cascades
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the South Washington Cascades.

Cascade Range	Level 3 (Parent)
North Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
South Washington Cascades	Level 4
Alpine Lakes Area	Level 5 (Child)
Wenatchee Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
South Cascade Crest	Level 5 (Child)
Mount Rainier Area	Level 5 (Child)
Goat Rocks	Level 5 (Child)
Mount Saint Helens Area	Level 5 (Child)
Mount Adams Area	Level 5 (Child)
Columbia Gorge North	Level 5 (Child)
Oregon Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)
California Cascades	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South Washington Cascades

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Rainier	14,411	4392	Mount Rainier Area
2.	Mount Adams	12,276	3742	Mount Adams Area
3.	Little Tahoma	11,138	3395	Mount Rainier Area
4.	Muir Peak	10,188	3105	Mount Rainier Area
5.	Anvil Rock	9584	2921	Mount Rainier Area
6.	Mount Stuart	9415	2870	Wenatchee Mountains
7.	Mount Stuart-West Horn	9120+	2780+	Wenatchee Mountains
8.	Dragontail Peak	8840+	2694+	Wenatchee Mountains
9.	Long John Tower	8760+	2670+	Wenatchee Mountains
10.	Pandoras Box	8720	2658	Wenatchee Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Mount Rainier	14,411	4392	Mount Rainier Area
2.	Mount Adams	12,276	3742	Mount Adams Area
3.	Mount Stuart	9415	2870	Wenatchee Mountains
4.	Mount Saint Helens	8333	2540	Mount Saint Helens Area
5.	Gilbert Peak	8184	2494	Goat Rocks
6.	Mount Daniel	7960+	2426+	Alpine Lakes Area
7.	Mount Aix	7766	2367	South Cascade Crest
8.	Lemei Rock	5925	1806	Columbia Gorge North

Photos of Peaks in the South Washington Cascades

Mount Rainier: The massive, icy form of Mount Rainier in the classic view from the Paradise Inn area on the south side of the mountain.

Mount Stuart: Mount Stuart is a massive rocky pyramid that utterly dominates the view from Longs Pass.

Sherpa Peak: Sherpa Peak and the amazing nearby balanced rock.

Mount Saint Helens: Skiers slog up the endless south slopes of Mount Saint Helens to get a 5000-foot run in the spring corn snow.

Mount Daniel: The high, gentle summit plateau area of Mount Daniel and the actual summit pinnacle projecting above.

Ingalls Peak: The south face of Ingalls Peak, in sunshine to the left, is a popular and easy rock climb.

Snoqualmie Mountain: Snoqualmie Mountain is the ledgy summit that is very prominent from the top of the Alpental Ski Area on Denny Mountain.

Kaleetan Peak: Kaleetan Peak is the dark tooth on the left and Chair Peak is the broad mass to the right in this view from Granite Mountain.

Chair Peak: Kaleetan Peak is the dark tooth on the left and Chair Peak is the broad mass to the right in this view from Granite Mountain.

Granite Mountain: Granite Mountain's lookout tower is visible from the trail to summit.

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