Outline of the Cascade Range

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Cascade Range:
This article contains a list of volcanoes and a list of protected areas associated with the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States, on the continent of North America.

Volcanoes

Volcanoes south of the Fraser River in the Cascade Volcanic Arc belong to the Cascade Range. Peaks are listed north to south.

North Cascades

Coquihalla Mountain — highest peak in the Bedded Range. It is a major preserved stratovolcano in the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an extinct portion of the Canadian Cascade Arc.
Mount Baker — highest peak in northern Washington. It is an active volcano. Steam activity from its crater occurs relatively frequently. Mount Baker is one of the snowiest places on Earth; in 1999 the ski area recorded the world's greatest single-season snowfall:.
Glacier Peak — secluded and relatively inaccessible peak. Contrary to its name, its glacial cover is not that extensive. The volcano is surprisingly small in volume, and gets most of its height by having grown atop a nonvolcanic ridge.

High Cascades

Mount Rainier — highest peak in the Cascades, it dominates the surrounding landscape. There is no other higher peak northward until the Yukon-Alaska-BC border apex beyond the Alsek River.
Mount St. Helens — Erupted in 1980, leveling forests to the north of the mountain and sending ash across the northwest. The northern part of the mountain was destroyed in the blast.
Mount Adams — the second highest peak in Washington and third highest in the Cascade Range.
Mount Hood — the highest peak in Oregon and arguably the most frequently climbed major peak in the Cascades.
Mount Jefferson — the second highest peak in Oregon.
Three Fingered Jack — Highly eroded Pleistocene volcano.
Mount Washington — a highly eroded shield volcano.
Three Sisters — South Sister is the highest and youngest, with a well-defined crater. Middle Sister is more pyramidal and eroded. North Sister is the oldest and has a crumbling rock pinnacle.
Broken Top — a highly eroded extinct stratovolcano. Contains Bend and Crook Glaciers.
Newberry Volcano — isolated caldera with two crater lakes. Very variable lavas. Flows from here have reached the city of Bend.
Mount Bachelor — a geologically young shield-to-stratovolcano which is now the site of a popular ski resort.
Diamond Peak — a volcano composed of of basaltic andesite.
Mount Bailey
Mount Thielsen — highly eroded volcano with a prominent spire, making it the Lightning Rod of the Cascades.
Mount Mazama — better known for its Crater Lake, which is a caldera formed by a catastrophic eruption which took out most of the summit roughly 6,900 years ago. Mount Mazama is estimated to have been about elevation prior to the blast.
Mount Scott — on the southeastern flank of Crater Lake. At elevation, this small stratovolcano is the highest peak in Crater Lake National Park.
Mount McLoughlin — presents a symmetrical appearance when viewed from Klamath Lake.
Medicine Lake Volcano — a shield volcano in northern California which is the largest volcano by volume in the Cascades.
Mount Shasta — second highest peak in the Cascades. Can be seen in the Sacramento Valley as far as away, as it is a dominating feature of the region.
Lassen Peak — southernmost volcano in the Cascades and the most easily climbed peak in the Cascades. It erupted from 1914 to 1921, and like Mount Shasta, it too can be seen in the Sacramento Valley, up to away. Lowest Peak because the Cascades extend from it.

Protected areas

There are four U.S. National Parks in the Cascade Range, one National Scenic Area, and many U.S. National Monuments, U.S. Wilderness Areas, and U.S. National Forests. Each classification protects the various glaciers, volcanoes, geothermal fields, rivers, lakes, forests, and wildlife to varying degrees.

National parks

Lassen Volcanic National Park was established in 1916 while its namesake peak was erupting. The park includes the most extensive and active thermal areas in the United States outside Yellowstone National Park.
Crater Lake National Park preserves the remains of Mount Mazama, a large volcano that imploded thousands of years ago, forming a caldera that was later filled with rain and ground water, later to be known as Crater Lake.
Mount Rainier National Park surrounds the Cascades' highest volcano, Mount Rainier, which in turn is covered by the largest glacier system in the United States south of Alaska.
North Cascades National Park was carved out of a primitive part of the range composed of ancient metamorphic and sedimentary rock. Mount Baker and Glacier Peak are nearby.

National Scenic Areas

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

National monuments

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument was formed following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in order to preserve the devastated area and give scientists a chance to study its recovery.
Newberry National Volcanic Monument includes the area around Newberry Volcano in central Oregon.
Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is located in southern Oregon at the junction of the Cascades and the Siskiyou Mountains.
Lava Beds National Monument in California lies on the northeast flank of the Medicine Lake Volcano and is the site of the largest concentration of lava tubes in the United States.

Provincial Parks

Wilderness areas

Wenatchee National Forest Wilderness Areas
* Alpine Lakes Wilderness
* Glacier Peak Wilderness
* Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
* Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness
* Norse Peak Wilderness
* William O. Douglas Wilderness
* Goat Rocks Wilderness
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Wilderness Areas
* Goat Rocks Wilderness
* Tatoosh Wilderness
* Mount Adams Wilderness
* Indian Heaven Wilderness
* Trapper Creek Wilderness
* William O. Douglas Wilderness
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Wilderness Areas
* Alpine Lakes Wilderness
* Boulder River Wilderness
* Clearwater Wilderness
* Glacier Peak Wilderness
* Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
* Mount Baker Wilderness
* Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness
* Norse Peak Wilderness
* Wild Sky Wilderness
Mount Hood National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Badger Creek Wilderness
*Bull of the Woods Wilderness
*Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness
*Mount Hood Wilderness
*Salmon–Huckleberry Wilderness
Deschutes National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Diamond Peak Wilderness
*Mount Jefferson Wilderness
*Mount Thielsen Wilderness
*Mount Washington Wilderness
*Three Sisters Wilderness
Willamette National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Opal Creek Wilderness
*Middle Santiam Wilderness
*Menagerie Wilderness
*Waldo Lake Wilderness
Umpqua National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Boulder Creek Wilderness
Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Sky Lakes Wilderness
*Rogue–Umpqua Divide Wilderness
Fremont–Winema National Forests Wilderness Areas
*Mountain Lakes Wilderness
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Mount Shasta Wilderness
Lassen National Forest Wilderness Areas
*Caribou Wilderness
*Ishi Wilderness
*Thousand Lakes Wilderness