North Cascades National Park
Washington
🔴 hikes
Free entry
Less than three hours from Seattle, an alpine landscape beckons. Discover communities of life adapted to moisture in the west and recurring fire in the east. Explore jagged peaks crowned by more than 300 glaciers. Listen to cascading waters in forested valleys. Witness a landscape sensitive to the Earth's changing climate. Help steward the ecological heart of the Cascades.
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No entrance fee.
Hours
North Cascades National Park Service Complex is open year-round. The park operational season is late May-late September, with limited services outside the operational season. The North Cascades Visitor Center in Newhalem is open during the operational season, dates may vary annually.
Conditions
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 61°F
☁️ 72°/50°
☁️ 75°/57°
🌦️ 73°/53°
Things to do
🔴 Plan a Backcountry Trip
Fishing in the North Cascades
Day Hiking in North Cascades
Paddling in the North Cascades
Motorboating in the North Cascades
Rafting in the North Cascades
Campgrounds
Colonial Creek North Campground ↗
Colonial Creek South Campground ↗
Hozomeen Campground
Lakeview Campground
Lower Goodell Group Campground ↗
Purple Point Campground
Visitor centers
Forest Info Center with HQ Administration Building
Golden West Visitor Center
North Cascades Visitor Center
Wilderness Information Center
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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