Mount Baker National Recreation Area

{{Short description|Protected recreation area}}

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{{Infobox protected area

| name = Mount Baker National Recreation Area

| photo = Black Buttes of Mount Baker.jpeg

| photo_caption = Reflecting tarn along Park Butte Trail

| map = USA

| relief = 1

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| location = Whatcom County, Washington, United States

| nearest_city = Concrete, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|48.71|N|121.83|W|region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| area = 8,473 acres (34.29 km²)

| established = July 3, 1984

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| governing_body = United States Forest Service

| website = [http://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/recreation Mount Baker National Recreation Area]

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Mount Baker National Recreation Area is a designated National Recreation Area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is about {{convert|15|mi|km}} south of the Canada–US border within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Northwestern Washington. The recreation area lies northwest of North Cascades National Park and comprises {{convert|8,600|acre|ha}}.{{cite web |year=1995 |title=Mount Baker District Guide |page=19 |url=https://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/6/mount-baker-snoqualmie/mount-baker-guide.pdf |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=November 14, 2024}}

The recreation area was established in 1984 by an act of the U.S. Congress primarily to protect and conserve the wildlife and recreation in the area,{{Cite book |date=May 1990 |title=American River National Recreation Area Feasibility Study |pages=13–14 |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |oclc=1039506254 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_River_National_Recreation_Area_feasibility_study_-_Draft_(IA_americanrivernat5527unit).pdf |via=Wikimedia Commons |accessdate=November 12, 2024}} while accommodating the use of snowmobiles during the winter months on the southern slopes of Mount Baker. There are also many hiking trails and campgrounds in the recreation area. Mount Baker NRA is adjacent to the Mount Baker Wilderness area, established on the same day,{{cite news |last=Folkerts |first=Dale |date=July 3, 1984 |title=President signs bill to create 18 state wilderness areas, new rules |page=5A |work=The Everett Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-president-signs-bill-to/159080756/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 14, 2024}} where snowmobiling is not permitted.{{Cite web |title=Mt. Baker National Recreation Area |url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/mbs/recreation |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |access-date=August 30, 2024}}