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Mount Baker, Washington

Baker01_aerial_view_mount_baker_03-21-01.jpg Aerial view, Mount Baker, Washington. USGS Photograph taken March 21, 2001, by Ken McGee. [medium size] ... [large size]

• Mount Baker and Vicinity
  -- Geographic Setting, Geologic and Eruptive History
  Mount Baker (3,285 meters; 10,778 feet) is an ice-clad volcano in the North Cascades of Washington State about 50 kilometers (31 miles) due east of the city of Bellingham. After Mount Rainier, it is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade volcanoes: the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker (about 1.8 cubic kilometers; 0.43 cubic miles) is greater than that of all the other Cascades volcanoes (except Rainier) combined. Isolated ridges of lava and hydrothermally altered rock, especially in the area of Sherman Crater, are exposed between glaciers on the upper flanks of the volcano: the lower flanks are steep and heavily vegetated. The volcano rests on a foundation of non-volcanic rocks in a region that is largely non-volcanic in origin. -- Excerpt from: Gardner, 1995

• Mount Baker - Points of Interest
  Mount Baker Summit Cone ... Lakes and Drainages ... Sherman Crater ... Dorr Fumarole Field ... Schriebers Meadow Cinder Cone ...

• Nearby Attraction - Mount Shuksan
  Non-Volcanic Peak in the North Cascades National Park

• Nearby Attraction - North Cascades National Park
  North Cascades National Park contains some of America's most breathtakingly beautiful scenery -- high jagged peaks, ridges, slopes, and countless cascading waterfalls. Hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering are the most popular activities in the park. The park's 204,000 hectares (505,000 acres) encompass some 318 glaciers - more than half of all glaciers in the lower 48 states. There are few roads into the park, but views into the park can be had on clear days from the North Cascades Highway at Goodell Creek, Diablo Lake Overlook, and other places. The Cascade River Road, 40 kilometers (25 miles) of improved dirt and gravel, gives summer and fall access into the park and to the Cascade Pass Trailhead. -- Excerpts courtesy: North Cascades National Park Website, 1999

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Major West Coast Volcanoes - Washington, Oregon, and California

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Northwest Washington with Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan

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Mount Baker, Washington

• Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest -- U.S. Forest Service websites, scroll to desired Forest
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