One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal ... one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The Sicily, Italy, volcano is almost constantly in a state ...

Majestic Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range and an active volcano with more glaciers than any other mountain in the United States. Just an hour's drive from Seattle, the park's ...

and Glacier Peak are four of the active volcanoes in Washington state. The fifth, located less than 70 miles from Seattle, is Mount Rainier. "It's totally at a state of background activity ...