Rainier may refer to the following:

People

Rainier (name) The name Rainier ( or ; , a French form of Rainer) may refer to: __NOTOC__ Given name * Reginar II, Count of Hainaut (890–932), also written Rainier II * Rainier, Margrave of Tuscany, Margrave of Tuscany from 1014 to 1027 * Rainier, Marquess of ...

, a list of people with the given name or surname

Places

United States

Rainier, Oregon Rainier is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. The city's population was 1,895 at the 2010 census. Rainier is on the south bank of the Columbia River across from Kelso and Longview, Washington. History Rainier was founded in 1851 ...

, a small city *

Rainier, Washington Rainier is a city in Thurston County, Washington, Thurston County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. Beginning as a train stop in the 1870s, Rainier was first settled in 1890 and would become known as a logging town. The city was off ...

, a small city *

Rainier Beach, Seattle Rainier Beach is a set of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington that are mostly residential. Also called Atlantic City, Rainier Beach can include Dunlap, Pritchard Island, and Rainier View neighborhoods.Wilma (21 March 2001, Essay 3116) The neig ...

* Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano and national park southeast of Seattle, Washington, US *

Rainier National Forest Rainier National Forest was established in Washington on March 2, 1907, when its name was changed from Mount Rainier Forest Reserve. The Mount Rainier Forest Reserve was established by the General Land Office on February 22, 1897 (effective March 1, ...

, a former national forest now divided between Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Wenatchee and Gifford Pinchot National Forests * Rainier Mesa, Nevada, a nuclear test region

Canada

Rainier, Alberta Rainier is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Newell. It is located west of Highway 36 and approximately southwest of Brooks. Demographics The population of Rainier according to the 2020 municipal census conducted ...

, a hamlet

Sports

Tacoma Rainiers The Tacoma Rainiers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. They are located in Tacoma, Washington, and play their home games at Cheney Stadium, which opened in 1960 ...

, a minor league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League *

Seattle Rainiers The Seattle Rainiers, originally named the Seattle Indians and also known as the Seattle Angels, were a Minor League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington, that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1906 and 1919 to 1968. They were initi ...

, a defunct minor league baseball team in Seattle, Washington, that last played in 1976

Watercraft

* USS ''Rainier'', several United States Navy ships * NOAAS ''Rainier'' (S 221), a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey ship in service from 1968 to 1995 and since 1999

Other

* Rainier (Link station), a light rail station in Seattle *

Rainier Brewing Company The Rainier Brewing Company was an American brewery based in Seattle, Washington. It brewed Rainier Beer, a popular brand in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Although Rainier was founded in 1884, the Seattle site had been brewing beer s ...

, based in Washington, United States *

Buick Rainier The Buick Rainier is a mid-size luxury SUV that was manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Buick for model years 2004–2007. It was named after Mount Rainier, and — along with the Saab 9-7X — was the replacement for the Oldsmobile ...

, a mid-sized sport utility vehicle from General Motors * Rainier cherry, a cultivar of cherry *

Rainier Club The Rainier Club is a private club in Seattle, Washington; it has been referred to as "Seattle's preeminent private club."Priscilla LongGentlemen organize Seattle's Rainier Club on February 23, 1888 HistoryLink.org, January 27, 2001. Accessed onli ...

, a private club in Seattle, Washington *

Rainier Heliport Rainier may refer to the following: People *Rainier (name), a list of people with the given name or surname Places United States * Rainier, Oregon, a small city * Rainier, Washington, a small city * Rainier Beach, Seattle *Mount Rainier, a strato ...

, Oregon, a private heliport * ''Rainier'', the Microsoft pre-release codename for Visual Studio .NET *Rainier Wolfcastle, a recurring character on ''The Simpsons'' *

Rainier Motor Car Company Rainier Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer founded in 1905 by John T. Rainier in Flushing, New York and from 1908 produced in Saginaw, Michigan. The company specialized in manufacturing large and luxurious automobiles. In ...

Rainier Fog ''Rainier Fog'' (pronounced: ) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice in Chains, released on August 24, 2018, through BMG, the band's first release on the label. The title was inspired by Mount Rainier, a volcano that overlooks th ...

, a 2018 album by Alice in Chains *Rainier, a test nuclear blast, part of

Operation Plumbbob Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests that were conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site, following '' Project 57'', and preceding '' Project 58/58A''. Background The operation consisted of 29 explosion ...