Mount Baker National Recreation Area

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mount Baker National Recreation Area
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Mount Baker National Recreation Area
Location: Washington, USA
Nearest city: Concrete, Washington
Coordinates: 48°47′03″N, 121°45′53″W
Area: 8,473 acres (34.29 km²)
Established: July 3, 1984
Governing body: United States Forest Service

Mount Baker National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in northern Washington about 15 miles south of the Canadian border within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

The recreation area was established in 1984 by an act of the U.S. Congress primarily to accommodate the use of snowmobiles during the winter months on the southern slopes of Mount Baker. There are also many hiking trails in the recreation area. Mount Baker NRA is adjacent to the Mount Baker Wilderness area where snowmobiling is not permitted.

[edit] External links

National Recreation Areas of the United States

Administered by the National Park Service
 Amistad | Big South Fork | Bighorn Canyon | Boston Harbor Islands | Chattahoochee River | Chickasaw | Curecanti | Delaware Water Gap | Gateway | Gauley River | Glen Canyon | Golden Gate | Lake Chelan | Lake Mead | Lake Meredith | Lake Roosevelt | Mississippi | Ross Lake | Santa Monica Mountains | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity  
Administered by other agencies
 Arapaho | Flaming Gorge | Grand Island | Hells Canyon | Land Between The Lakes | Mount Baker | Mount Rogers | Oregon Dunes | Pine Ridge | Rattlesnake | Sawtooth | Smith River | Spring Mountains | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks | White Rocks | Winding Stair Mountain  


This protected areas related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.