North Cascades National Park Visitor Center
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North Cascades National Park Visitor Center |
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| HABITAT: | 6-square-mile site w/in 684,000-acre national park of conifer forests, mountain peaks, and river gorges. |
| BIRDING: | Year-round species include Pileated Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow, Varied Thrush, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and American Dipper. Spring and summer bring seven species of warbler, four of flycatcher, and five of swallow, as well as Swainson’s Thrush, Vaux’s Swift, Cedar Waxwing, Harlequin Duck, and Spotted Sandpiper. |
| VIEWING: | Start on visitor center viewing platform w/ views of Black Swifts, warblers and Ospreys, especially in morning and evening. Enjoy 1.8-mile River Loop Trail; walk to town of Newhalem. Goodell Creek Campground 0.5 mile west of visitor center (across river) offers good sightings of migrant Western Tanagers, Black-headed Grosbeaks, and ducks. Don’t miss forested 0.3-mile trail to 1,300-year-old rock shelter used by early Native Americans. Spring, summer and fall, visitor center is open daily 9 am to 4:30 pm; and on winter weekends. |
| ACCESS: | From Hwy 20 at milepost 120, turn south. Drive 0.5 mile to visitor center parking. |