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Mount Rainier · 14,410 ft · live

Is Mount Rainier visible right now?

From Seattle and 6 other places. Read from the airport weather stations between you and the summit and the cloud layers at the summit.

The app

Mountain Visibility

Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens, Denali, The Olympics and Mount Angeles. Visible now or not, the five-day forecast, and the sunrise and sunset light. $1.99, one time.

Get the app, $1.99 Android is in testing. Email mountains@milecheckapp.com to be a tester.
Right now · from Seattle · Pacific time
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Reading the airports along the sightline.

Viewpoints

Kerry ParkSunset · 1 mi
Ella Bailey ParkSunset · 2 mi
Alki PointAny light · 5 mi
Rizal BridgeAny light · 3 mi
Jack Block ParkSunrise · 3 mi
Maple Leaf ReservoirSunset · 5 mi
UW Rainier VistaAny light · 3 mi
Seward ParkSunrise · 7 mi
Point RustonSunset · 23 mi
Owen BeachSunset · 23 mi
Dune PeninsulaSunset · 23 mi
Firemans ParkSunset · 25 mi
Maris FarmsSunset · 32 mi
Madrona ParkSunrise · 3 mi
Alder Lake ParkAny light · 57 mi
PackwoodAny light · 77 mi

Sunset spots put the mountain in front of you with the light behind you; sunrise spots want the water in front.

In the app

Mountain Visibility

  • Clear windows in the next five days
  • Sunrise and sunset light on the summit
  • Every region's reading, live
  • Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens, Denali, The Olympics and Mount Angeles in one app

$1.99, one time. No account needed. No ads in the app.

Get the app, $1.99 Android is in testing. Email mountains@milecheckapp.com to be a tester.
The app · iPhone
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Where are you looking from?

Each region reads its own weather stations. Twenty miles can be the difference between fog and a clear view.

From Seattle

60 miles to the summit.

From the Eastside

56 miles to the summit.

From Tacoma

42 miles to the summit.

From Everett

81 miles to the summit.

From Olympia

55 miles to the summit.

From Kitsap

64 miles to the summit.

From Yakima

62 miles to the summit.

Best time of year

Which months and which hours the mountain is most often visible from Seattle.

Road cameras and conditions

Live cameras on the roads to Mount Rainier, plus closures, snow and ice reports, and wildfires within 30 miles. From MileCheck.

Questions

How do we know if Mount Rainier is visible?

We read the cloud ceilings at the airports between Seattle and the summit, the cloud layers at the summit from the MET Norway model, and whether that cloud sits below 14,410 ft. No crowd reports.

Why only five days?

Cloud forecasts get less reliable the further out they go. Days four and five are drawn in six-hour steps for that reason, and the forecast stops at five.

Why does the Eastside get a different answer than Seattle?

Different weather stations, different sky. The same morning can be fog in one and clear in the other, twenty miles apart. Each region page reads its own stations.

What it can get wrong

Wildfire smoke and haze can hide the mountain on a day the cloud numbers say clear. When the numbers are unsure, the page says so.

Observations from NOAA aviation weather. Forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Smoke from NOAA NDGD. Times are Pacific time. Not affiliated with the National Park Service or any public agency.
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