Mount Baker Highway

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82.9 km

Length

+364 m

Ascent

−1,352 m

Descent

1,042 m

Highest point

Hairpins

8.1%

Max gradient

1h 51min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,042 m

11 °C cloudy

wind 2 m/s · clouds 92%

At the start

11 °C cloudy

wind 2 m/s · clouds 92%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	8 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	2 m/s	cloudy
Friday 23 Oct	-2 °C	8 °C	0.1 mm	2 m/s	fog
Saturday 24 Oct	-0 °C	7 °C	1.8 mm	2 m/s	cloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:47 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 52%

Roads nearby

The Chuckanut Drive

32.8 km
Length: +265 m
Ascent

North Cascades Highway

116.5 km
Length: +2,215 m
Ascent

The Crowsnest and Kootenay Pass

132.5 km
Length: +1,775 m
Ascent

82.9 km · 2 hairpins · 1,042 m

Elevation profile

What does Mount Baker Highway look like?

Mount Shuksan, Picture Lake (2362739742) · Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0

Meandering river in the woods meets another · Toburke · CC BY-SA 3.0

MyShuksanSunset · BiggusDiccus · CC BY-SA 4.0

More holiday lights (50707832256) · Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0

NEW 2015 Ford E350 Ambulance- Bellingham Fire EMS A4 (17022079621) · Alex Smith from Fort Collins, CO, United States · CC0

Regal IMAX cinema Barkley Village, Bellingham, WA · Non renseigné · CC0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Whatcom County

48.86626, -121.65473

Finish

Bellingham

48.77086, -122.46392

Along the road

Parking

111

Excelsior Pass Trailhead 16.7 km · 557 m

Nooksack Falls Parking 17.4 km · 520 m

Upper Horseshoe Bend Kayak Access 23.2 km · 371 m

Public parking 49.3 km · 125 m

107 unnamed places along the road, from 0.2 km to 82.9 km.

Toilets

11 unnamed places along the road, from 0.2 km to 79.5 km.

Viewpoints

Nooksack Falls Viewpoint 17.4 km · 516 m

Restaurants and cafés

Chair 9 27.5 km · 310 m

Graham's 29.8 km · 278 m

Gunners 29.8 km · 278 m

Wake 'n Bakery 29.9 km · 277 m

Last Gas Deli 42.2 km · 197 m

Yuki Yama 42.3 km · 198 m

Joe's Fine Coffee 42.4 km · 198 m

Feast 542 47.2 km · 135 m

North Fork Brewery 50.2 km · 129 m

Rifugio's Country Italian Cuisine 57.2 km · 81 m

The Rome Store 71.0 km · 112 m

On Rice Thai Cuisine 81.3 km · 64 m

16 more

1 unnamed place along the road, from 27.5 km to 82.8 km.

Fuel

Chevron 42.2 km · 197 m

Texaco 47.3 km · 135 m

Mobil 47.4 km · 135 m

76 60.1 km · 64 m

Shell 60.4 km · 63 m

Sinclair 82.3 km · 57 m

Marathon 82.3 km · 57 m

Chevron 82.5 km · 56 m

Safeway Fuel Station 82.6 km · 53 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 42.2 km to 82.6 km.