Goat Island Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park

Name: Goat Island Mountain
Address: Mount Rainier National Park, United States

#54 among attractions in Mount Rainier National Park

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Goat Island Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park

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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. This mountain is quite visible from the Sunrise Historic District and the many trails surrounding the Sunrise area. The Wonderland Trail provides an approach to this mountain, and the summit offers views of Cowlitz Chimneys, Fryingpan Glacier, and Mount Rainier. Burroughs Mountain is its nearest higher neighbor, 2.51 mi to the northwest. Precipitation runoff from Goat Island Mountain drains into the White River. The mountain's descriptive name derives from mountain goats that were often seen on the peak. The name was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. ()

Coordinates: 46°53'3"N, 121°38'52"W

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Goat Island Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.2 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Wonderland Trail, Mount Rainier National Park
31 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.
2.9 miNE
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Dege Peak, Mount Rainier National Park
75 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.
2.8 miN
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Mount Fremont, Mount Rainier National Park
73 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.
2.5 miE
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Tamanos Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
65 min walk • Tamanos Mountain is a 6,790-foot summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range.
3 miSE
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Cowlitz Chimneys, Mount Rainier National Park
78 min walk • Cowlitz Chimneys are a group of four rhyolite towers located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. As part of the Cascade Range, the Cowlitz Chimneys are situated southwest of Tamanos Mountain and east of Banshee Peak, all of which are visible from the Sunrise Historic District.
2.6 miSE
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Banshee Peak, Mount Rainier National Park
67 min walk • Banshee Peak is a 7,400+ ft summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. As part of the Cascade Range, Banshee Peak is situated west of the Cowlitz Chimneys and east of Panhandle Gap, with the Sarvant Glacier set below its north cliff.
3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Burroughs Mountain, Mount Rainier National Park
86 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.
3.8 miE
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Governors Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park
96 min walk • Governors Ridge is located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range and is situated west of Cayuse Pass and 1.09 mile east of Tamanos Mountain, which is its nearest higher peak.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Emmons Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
86 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.
3.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Whitman Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
93 min walk • The Whitman Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the eastern flank of Little Tahoma Peak, a sub-peak of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for the missionary Marcus Whitman, it covers 0.9 square miles and contains 4.4 billion ft³ of ice.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fryingpan Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park
71 min walk • Fryingpan Glacier is on the eastern face of the 11,138-foot Little Tahoma Peak, just to the east of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington.