Welcome to your new Tacoma, WA apartment! Our fine city, and Pierce County as a whole, is a beautiful and unique part of our states culture and heritage. Its highest natural point, in the county and state, is Mount Rainer stretching to 14,410 feet high.
Mount Rainier provide a beautiful backdrop for the scenic Puyallup valley, But its not any ordinary mountain. Rainier is actual a kind of volcano known as a Stratovolcano. A stratovolcano is developed by the hardening of multiple layers (or strata) of lave, pumice, tephra, and volcanic ash. In comparison to other volcanos, stratovolcanoes exhibit a more steep sloping profile. Other stratovolcanoes around the world are Mount Vesuvius near Naples Italy, Mount Fuji in Japan, and Tavurvur near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.
In addition to its potential volcanic activity, Mount Rainier is covered with glaciers providing it with its most prominent and evident geologic feature. The gravitational pull creates hydro-runoff as the glacier caps melt during warmer temperatures. This runoff creates numerous waterways provides a rich source of nutrients provide life up and down the mountainside.
Mount Rainer is a big destination for climbing and other recreational activities and is home to the largest glacial traverse in the lower continental 48. Roughly between 8,000 and 13,000 hikers attempt to summit peak each year.
Residents of Nantucket Gate apartments in Tacoma, WA have quick and convenient access to all the outdoor recreation that Mount Rainer has to offer. Mount Rainer caters to lifestyles of all sorts including hiking, photography, camping, traversing glaciers, snow shoeing, and many other winter sports.
Take the time to enjoy your own backyard and visit the beautiful landscape that makes Tacoma the place to call home. There are also numerous city and county activities to provide you the availability to keep yourself active in your community and countryside.
Again, welcome to Tacoma and began to explore the wonderful possibilities of calling Pierce County your home.
