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Mount Rainier from Chinook Pass · 11 mi · live

Is Mount Rainier visible from Chinook Pass right now?

Read from Chinook Pass's own weather stations. 11 miles from the summit at 14,410 ft.

The app

Mountain Visibility

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

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Right now · from Chinook Pass · Pacific time
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Reading the airports along the sightline.

Viewpoints

Kerry ParkSunset · 66 mi
Ella Bailey ParkSunset · 67 mi
Alki PointAny light · 65 mi
Rizal BridgeAny light · 62 mi
Jack Block ParkSunrise · 64 mi
Maple Leaf ReservoirSunset · 68 mi
UW Rainier VistaAny light · 66 mi
Seward ParkSunrise · 58 mi
Point RustonSunset · 55 mi
Owen BeachSunset · 56 mi
Dune PeninsulaSunset · 56 mi
Firemans ParkSunset · 51 mi
Maris FarmsSunset · 35 mi
Madrona ParkSunrise · 62 mi
Alder Lake ParkAny light · 37 mi
PackwoodAny light · 19 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, Mount Angeles and Mount Baldy in one app

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Other places to look from

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.

From Sunrise

7 miles to the summit.

From Paradise

5 miles to the summit.

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). Times are Pacific time.