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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.	Curtis Ridge	13,720+	4182+	Mount Rainier Area
3.	Mount Adams	12,276	3742	Mount Adams Area
4.	Mount Adams Lookout Site	12,250	3734	Mount Adams Area
5.	Little Tahoma	11,138	3395	Mount Rainier Area
6.	The Beehive	11,000+	3353+	Mount Rainier Area
7.	Muir Peak	10,188	3105	Mount Rainier Area
8.	Pre-eruption Mount Saint Helens	9677	2950	Mount Saint Helens Area
9.	Anvil Rock	9584	2921	Mount Rainier Area
10.	Mount Stuart	9415	2870	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 (1994-07-19).	Mount Rainier-Southeast Crater Rim Looking toward the SE crater rim from Columbia Crest - the summit of Mount Rainier (2014-08-03). Photo by Max Schrempp. Click here for larger-size photo.
Point Success Mount Rainier Summit! (2018-05-13). Photo by Priti Wright. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gibraltar Rock Gibraltar Rock Photo by Dale York. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Adams Mount Adams dominates its surroundings in this view from Grayback Mtn, 25 miles southeast (2014-04-07). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pikers Peak Pikers Peak (1994?). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.
Little Tahoma Little Tahoma Peak, from Emmons Glacier, 2.6 km NW of Little Tahoma Peak (2014-07-09). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.	The Beehive Beehive from the south with Gibraltar rock to the left (2018-01-14). Photo by Nick R. Click here for larger-size photo.
Muir Peak Summit of Muir peak over looking camp Muir (2015-02-20). Photo by Nick R. Click here for larger-size photo.	Steamboat Prow Steamboat Prow from Camp Schurman (2015-06-18). Photo by Max Schrempp. Click here for larger-size photo.

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