Mount Baker Scenic Byway
Mount Baker Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Washington. Within Washington it covers roughly 60 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Mount Baker Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 542 follows the Nooksack River up to Artist Point, a high parking area at about 5,100 feet wedged between the glaciers of Mount Baker and the rock spires of Mount Shuksan. The Mount Baker ski area here once recorded the most snowfall ever measured in a single season anywhere on earth. The final stretch to Artist Point opens only briefly in late summer once the snow melts.
- Artist Point
- Mount Baker & Mount Shuksan
- Nooksack River
- record snowfall
- SR-542
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.