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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.
The state has closed the last stretch of road to Artist Point under threat of winter storms. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Visitors enjoy the Heather Meadows area along the Mount Baker Highway Sept. 18 in Whatcom County. The Washington State Department of Transportation will close an area of the highway from 7 a.m. to ...
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.
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. The summit offers views of Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker, Mount Hermann, and Mount Larrabee.
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