{
  "name": "Mount Baker Highway",
  "slug": "mount-baker-highway",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/mount-baker-highway/",
  "summary": "Twenty-three miles ending at Artist Point, a summer-only dead end hung between the glaciers of Mount Baker and jagged Mount Shuksan.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "WA 542"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "Washington",
    "start": {
      "name": "Glacier",
      "lat": 48.888964,
      "lon": -121.940712
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Artist Point",
      "lat": 48.846977,
      "lon": -121.691109
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 23.1,
    "lengthKm": 37.2,
    "driveMinutes": 46,
    "corners": 30,
    "hairpins": 8,
    "maxGradientPercent": 8,
    "summitMetres": 1536.3,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 5
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "summer"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Snow lingers into summer at the top",
    "Dead-end with turnaround traffic",
    "Fog and low cloud"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Nooksack Falls Viewpoint",
    "Artist Point",
    "Austin Pass"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 290
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}