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Stratovolcano · Skagit Range · Washington

Mount Baker

3,286 m10,781 ft

Easiest route: 9.0 km+2,168 m · about 6 h · T5
Prominence: 2,686 m8,812 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: 17°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–9 mph W

Mount Baker is a 3,286 m (10,781 ft) stratovolcano in the Skagit Range, Washington, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,286 m · 10,781 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Rainier (4,389 m)
Range: Skagit Range
Region: Washington, United States
Protected area: Mt. Baker National Forest
Spanish name: Monte Baker
Coordinates: 48.7767° N, 121.8145° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Mount Baker

3 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.

Easiest route: from Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead (trailhead)

Distance: 9.0 kmone way
Climb: +2,168 m−6 m (7,113 ft up)
Time up: about 6 h
Difficulty: T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier

Mount Baker elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Boulder Ridge Trailhead (trailhead)10.2 km · +2,465 m · about 6.5 h
T5GPX KML
Park Butte Trailhead (trailhead)11.5 km · +2,283 m · about 6.5 h
T5GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Mount Baker 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 14.8 × 14.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Baker terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Mount Baker weather

Today · Clear · 17 / 26°F (-8 / -3°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph NNW

Mount Baker forecast for the summit, about 3,070 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,461 m.

Today17°26°4%7 mph NNWBase 31 / 41°
Sat21°24°55%3–9 mph SWBase 34 / 38°
Sun22°26°55%5–20 mph SSEBase 35 / 41°
Mon22°29°17%1–13 mph WNWBase 36 / 44°
Tue19°27°43%2–8 mph NWBase 32 / 41°
Wed19°27°23%2–12 mph NWBase 32 / 42°
Thu20°29°15%1–13 mph NWBase 33 / 44°

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Baker

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Baker, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
2.2 km ESE
+2 more within 3.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead
6.6 km WNW · +1 more within 7.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
6.6 km WNW
+2 more within 7.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Park Butte Lookout
7.4 km SSW
Directions Map

All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Campsite	2.2 km ESE
Black Buttes campCampsite	3.4 km W
Gargoyle RocksCampsite	3.7 km WNW
Heliotrope Ridge TrailheadTrailhead	6.6 km WNW
Parking	6.6 km WNW
Parking	6.7 km WNW
Park Butte LookoutHut	7.4 km SSW
Park Butte TrailheadTrailhead	7.8 km S
Parking	7.8 km S

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Baker?

The easiest mapped route, 9.0 km from 1,118 m to 3,286 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.

0 km · 1,118 m9.0 km · 3,286 m

0–15°5.3 km
15–30°3.4 km
30–45°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 47.7%Snow & ice 24.6%Grassland 12.1%Bare rock / sparse 10.3%Moss & lichen 5.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.4 km, measured from the Mount Baker summit.

Summit list 8

1Lahar Lookout3,069 m 0.5 km S
2Sherman Peak3,020 m 1.0 km S
3Colfax Peak2,851 m 2.2 km WSW
4Crag View2,133 m 2.9 km S
5Lincoln Peak2,695 m 3.4 km WSW
6Seward Peak2,385 m 3.9 km WSW
7Hadley Peak2,291 m 4.2 km N
8Coleman Pinnacle1,952 m 7.3 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.4 km; 459 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Lewis' monkeyflower75
Dwarf Fireweed68
Partridgefoot66
Hoary Marmot53
Pink mountainheath48
Tolmie's Saxifrage43

Where it sits

Where Mount Baker sits

Ranked in 1

#20 Treks and hikes in United States

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Mill Lake47 km NW

Mount Baker downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Baker satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Baker GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,285 m at the summit; the official height is 3,286 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,286 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	3,285 m	-1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,285 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,270 m	-16 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,263 m	-23 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Baker

Easiest route: from Heliotrope Ridge Trailhead (trailhead)

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest trailhead

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Data sources