A shocking number of Seattleites don’t know Mount Rainier is volcanic—as are Mount Baker and Glacier Peak. JESSICA STEIN
Seattle’s proximity to volcanoes makes us unlike almost any other city in the world.
Tokyo has Mount Fuji, with its clean lines that seem to have dictated the aesthetic taste of an entire nation, but Seattle has three volcanoes, not just one—making us the largest American city where you can see glaciers from downtown all year-round.
Mount Rainier looms over us from the south. Glacier Peak’s explosive summit sits (usually unnoticed) to our northeast. And snowy Mount Baker hangs over our northern horizon.
