North Cascades National Park comprises over 500,000 acres of wilderness in the Cascades range in Washington State north of Seattle.
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About North Cascades National Park
North Cascades National Park is one of three National Parks in Washington State. Here are some facts:
- It covers over 500,000 acres of land.
- The Skagit River flows through it.
- Drive-in campgrounds are in the surrounding areas, there are boat, horse, and hike-in campgrounds within the park itself. For more information about camping in the park visit this NPS page.
- For backcountry hiking in the park, there’s a backcountry permit system.
- In relation to a major metropolitan area, the park is North of Seattle, Washington and includes parts of Whatcom, Chelan, and Skagit counties.
- In general, ebikes are permitted in the park in areas where standard bikes are permitted but bikes are off-limits in certain areas of the park. For more information, view their rules on the topic.
- In general, pets are not allowed in the park except for dogs on leash on the PCT and within 50 feet of roads (see this page for more information). Service animals, of course, are allowed.
Map
Below is a map of the general location of North Cascades National Park. I do not recommed that you use the GPS for this location to find your directions to the park, however. Please check the NPS website for directions and a park map. We’ll likely add another map of points in the park in the future as we visit them.
If you have a map pin you’d like to add, you can add a map location here.
North Cascades National Park
This is a map page with the North Cascades National Park location of the West Entrance to the park. For more information about the park, you can also visit our Glossary page entry on the park.
North Cascades National Park is one of three National Parks in Washington State (along with Mount Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park).
It's about two hours drive North of Seattle.
The map on this page is to the West entrance of the park, off Hwy 20.
Note that the most recent policy just states that ebikes are allowed, you should check their website for any updates. There are a few places in the park where ebikes are NOT allowed.
Note that while we added "pets on leash OK" here, you should check their website here for specifics as they are only allowed in certain areas of the park. Service animals, of course, are allowed.
Routes
When we add any hiking or cycling routes around the park, we’ll add them here.
If you have a route you’d like to add you can add a route here.
Photos
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Below are a few useful maps and guides for visiting North Cascades National Park.
- National Geographic North Cascades N.P. #223 by Washington – TI00000223
- National Geographic Maps – Trails Illustrated (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 2 Pages – 01/01/2024 (Publication Date) – National Geographic Maps (Publisher)
- Romano, Craig (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 384 Pages – 07/02/2020 (Publication Date) – Mountaineers Books (Publisher)
- Molvar, Erik (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 440 Pages – 05/03/2019 (Publication Date) – Falcon Guides (Publisher)
Questions and Answers
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[wpforo item=”forum” id=”23″]Wikipedia and List of On and Off-Site Related Resources
When available, we import some Wikipedia information to supplement terms. If available, you’ll find that below followed by a list of on and offsite related articles and automatically linked articles on our website that mention this term. Note that you’ll need to scroll down below the Wikipedia stuff to find the related content list. We hope to change this in the future.
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