Dock Butte
Moderate · Out-and-back · 3.8 mi round trip · 1,334 ft gain · 1 h 45 min–2 h 15 min
Parking: not reported today
A solid half-day for most hikers. No bikes.
1.9 mi one way · high point 5,213 ft · dirt · time at a steady pace without breaks
Elevation from USGS; 3,907–5,213 ft. Open the map.
No hiker reports in the last 3 days. Be the first to report here
What you need
No bikes Fee or pass required Toilets dogs, accessibility: not recorded yet
Toilets and trash not confirmed here. Pack out what you pack in.
In Mount Baker Ranger District (Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest). Entrance fee Northwest Forest Pass, $5 per day or $30 per year or an America the Beautiful pass. Day hikes need no permit; overnight stays need a wilderness permit. Rules, passes and closures change. Check the official Forest Service site before you go. Official: conditions · roads · fees.
Getting there
Starts at Blue Lake / Dock Butte Trailhead · Mount Baker · 1 other trail starts here
Navigate to the trailhead: Google Maps · Apple Maps · coordinates 48.65405, -121.78454
Right now
Weather and road conditions
- This Afternoon: Sunny, 65°F, wind 2 mph
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 48°F, 1% precip, wind 3 mph
- Monday: Partly Sunny, 58°F, 1% precip, wind 5 mph
Daylight: Sunset 6:38 pm · 3 h 32 min of daylight left
Air: Good (AQI 16, PM2.5 2.9 µg/m³) at the Mt Vernon-S 2nd St monitor, 49 km away AirNow
Wildfire: Electric fire, 26 km away, 495 acres, 90% contained InciWeb
Snow: 0″ snow at Elbow Lake (3,050 ft, 10 km away) station
Typical year: usually melted out by about Jun 3 · typical peak Apr 1
No reports in the last 3 days.
All conditions and reports at Blue Lake / Dock Butte Trailhead
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