Skyscraper Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park

Name: Skyscraper Mountain
Address: Mount Rainier National Park, United States

#30 among attractions in Mount Rainier National Park

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Skyscraper Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park

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Skyscraper Mountain is a 7,078 feet summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range. Skyscraper Mountain is situated northwest of the Sunrise Historic District, from which a four-mile hike leads to the mountain, mostly on the Wonderland Trail. However, the trail does not reach the summit, but it is still a walk up to the top from Skyscraper Pass. The summit provides views of Burroughs Mountain, Sluiskin Mountain, and Mount Rainier. Mount Fremont is its nearest higher peak, 1.1 mi to the east. Access is limited by snowpack closing the Sunrise Road much of the year. July, August, and September are typically the months when the Sunrise Road is seasonally open for vehicle traffic. Precipitation runoff from Skyscraper Mountain drains into tributaries of the White River. ()

Coordinates: 46°55'38"N, 121°41'53"W

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Skyscraper Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wonderland Trail, Dege Peak, Mount Fremont, Sluiskin Mountain.

4.4 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park
113 min walk • The Wonderland Trail is an approximately 93-mile hiking trail that circumnavigates Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, United States. The trail goes over many ridges of Mount Rainier for a cumulative 22,000 feet of elevation gain. The trail was built in 1915. In 1981, it was designated a National Recreation Trail.
4.2 miE
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Dege Peak, Mount Rainier National Park
107 min walk • Dege Peak is a 7,006-foot summit located in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Sourdough Mountains in Mount Rainier National Park.
1.5 miE
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Mount Fremont, Mount Rainier National Park
39 min walk • Mount Fremont is a 7,214-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. Mount Fremont is a minor peak at the southwest corner of the Sourdough Mountains which are a subset of the Cascade Range.
2.3 miNW
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Sluiskin Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
59 min walk • Sluiskin Mountain is a prominent pair of summits located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is situated northwest of Burroughs Mountain and is part of the Cascade Range.
2.5 miW
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Old Desolate, Mount Rainier National Park
63 min walk • Old Desolate is a 7,137 feet multi-summit, ridge-like mountain located in Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range, and lies 5 mi due north of the summit of Mount Rainier.
4.6 miE
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Palisades Peak, Mount Rainier National Park
119 min walk • Palisades Peak is a 7,040 feet summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Sourdough Mountains, a subset of the Cascade Range, and is situated 0.6 mile north of Marcus Peak. The peak's descriptive name stems from the resemblance of its columnar basalt cliffs to a palisade.
3.3 miNW
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Crescent Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
85 min walk • Crescent Mountain is a 6,715-ft ridge-like mountain located in north-central Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range, and lies 6.6 mi due north of the summit of Mount Rainier. Sluiskin Mountain is its nearest higher neighbor, 0.85 mi to the east.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Burroughs Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
49 min walk • Burroughs Mountain is located on the northeast slope of Mount Rainier above Glacier Basin. It was named for John Burroughs, the naturalist, who visited the mountain several times. The mountain was first called John Burroughs Mountain. Burroughs was born near Roxbury, New York, in April 1837, and died in 1931.
4.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Emmons Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
111 min walk • Emmons Glacier is on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier, in Washington. At 4.3 sq mi, it has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States.
3.8 miSE
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Goat Island Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
97 min walk • Goat Island Mountain is a 7,288 feet ridge-like mountain located in Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range, and lies 5.76 mi east-northeast of the summit of Mount Rainier.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Winthrop Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
89 min walk • The Winthrop Glacier is a large glacier on the northeastern side of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after Theodore Winthrop, the body of ice covers 3.5 mile² and has a volume of 18.5 billion feet³.