Mount Baker National Forest

When is the best time to visit Mount Baker National Forest?

By typical weather, the best months for a day outdoors here are July, August, and September.

The weather works against it in January, February, March, April, October, November, and December.

The warmest month is August, with average highs near 67°F (19°C); the coolest is December, near 30°F (-1°C).

November is the wettest month, with about 11.2 in (284 mm) of precipitation in a typical November.

Typical weather, 25-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2025). Data from NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project (CC BY 4.0)

Official facts

The Forest Service rates the wildfire hazard potential at Mount Baker National Forest's mapped point low (2023 map); the map describes the land rather than any day's fire danger.

For river levels near Mount Baker National Forest, the USGS gauge Sauk River Ab White Chuck River Nr Darrington, WA (12186000) reports live readings, 2.7 km away.

Public access: Open access.

Protected area: 1,095,481 acres (443,326 ha).

Designation: NF. Listed as "Mt. Baker National Forest" in the Protected Areas Database of the United States. Protection: protected from conversion, multiple uses allowed (GAP 3).

Managed by: Forest Service Region 06 Pacific Northwest.

Critical habitat: Northern spotted owl (threatened). Strix occidentalis caurina. Endangered Species Act critical habitat (final rule published 2021-11-10, 86 FR 62606), mapped at or near this park.

Critical habitat: Marbled Murrelet (threatened). Brachyramphus marmoratus. Endangered Species Act critical habitat (final rule published 2016-08-04, 81 FR 51348), mapped at or near this park.

River or stream: Peek-a-boo Creek. Mapped at or near this park in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Gap Analysis Project (GAP), 2025, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) 4.1 · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act critical habitat (FWS HQ ES Critical Habitat) · U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset (The National Map) · U.S. Geological Survey, National Water Information System · Dillon, Gregory K. 2023. Wildfire Hazard Potential for the United States (270-m), version 2023. 4th Edition. Forest Service Research Data Archive

History

Named after

Mount Baker