Mt. Adams
Location: 46.206N, 121.49W
(That's for you Mr. Joe. Mark it in your GPS!)
- Second highest peak in Washington
- 12,276 feet in elevation
- Named after President John Adams
View of Mt. Rainier from Tolmie Peak, taken September 2005 by yours truly. Note: We were about 8 miles from Mt. Rainier's peak (as the crow flies, of course).
Mt. Rainier
Location: 38.941N, 76.965W
- Established as a National Park in 1899 (Thank you President McKinley!)
- 235,625 acres
- 14,410 feet high
- About 8,000 to 13,000 people attempt the climb each year
- An active volcano
- Named after Rear Admiral Peter Rainier
- On the Washington state quarter and the license plate
2 comments:
John Adams is the President sometimes lost in the history between his predecessor, Mr. Washington, and his successor, Mr. Jefferson. It seems ironic then these additional facts about the mountain's naming.....
"Between 1830 to 1834 a man named Hall J. Kelley led a campaign to rename the Cascade Range to the President's Range and also to rename each major Cascade mountain after a former President of the United States. Mount Adams was not known to Kelley and was thus not in his plan. Mount Hood, in fact, was designated by Kelley to be renamed after President John Adams but a mistake by a mapmaker placed the Mount Adams name north of Mount Hood and about 40 miles (60 km) east of Mt. St. Helens. By sheer coincidence there was in fact a large mountain there to receive the name. Since the mountain had no official name at the time, the name stuck even though Kelley's renaming plan failed." (from Wikipedia)
Thanks for the info, Tom!
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