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It is situated in the Mount Baker Wilderness, which is managed by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Table Mountain is located west of Artist Point, at the end of the Mount Baker Highway. From the Artist Point parking lot, a short 1.4 mile trail leads to the summit at the west end of the mountain.
State Route 542 (SR 542) is a 57.24-mile-long (92.12 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving Mount Baker in Whatcom County.SR 542 travels east as the Mount Baker Highway from an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Bellingham through the Nooksack River valley to the Mt. Baker Ski Area at Austin Pass.
Artist Point was originally named in 1883 by Frank Jay Haynes who improperly believed that the point was the place at which painter Thomas Moran sketched his 1872 depictions of the falls. Later work determined that the sketches were made from the north rim, but the name Artist Point stuck.
The road leading to Artist Point, which is the last 2.7-mile stretch of State Route 542 on Mount Baker Highway, reopened Wednesday morning for vehicles.
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Washington State Department of Transportation crews start clearing the 2,7-mile stretch of Mount Baker Highway from Heather Meadows to Artist Point on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
Mount Baker Scenic Byway: 58 93 I-5 in Bellingham: Artist Point, Mt. Baker Ski Area: 1967 [1] Follows SR 542 to Mount Baker [9] North Cascades Scenic Byway: 140 230 SR 9 in Sedro-Woolley: SR 153 in Twisp: Follows SR 20 through North Cascades National Park [10] North Pend Oreille Scenic Byway † 27 43 SR 20 in Tiger: BC 6 at Canada–US border
Both construction sites are on Mount Baker Highway, officially called State Route 542, the main road from Bellingham toward the Mount Baker wilderness and the starting point for popular trails ...