Shadow of the Sentinels Interpretive Site
Provides access to: Shadow of the Sentinels Trail 623, an accessible interpretive trail winding through dense forest growth.
Huge Douglas fir and cedar trees tower above a forest floor of ferns, moss and berry bushes. Signs along the route explain the dynamics of this 500-year-old forest.
The trail is built of asphalt and boardwalks with grades no greater than 8 percent.
Active Alerts
General Information
Maps:
- Green Trails: Lake Shannon 46 Mt. Baker Wilderness Climbing 13S
- Forest Service: Mt. Baker Ranger District and Mt. Baker Wilderness
- USGS: Welker Peak
Open 24 hours/day
Recreation Passes honored for day use fee payment: Digital Passes, Northwest Forest Pass, and Interagency Recreation Passes. Washington State Discover Pass is not valid at US Fee Sites.
Day Use:
$5 per vehicle per day
$30 per annual
Day use fee payment options: Scan & Pay on-site or display a valid Recreation Pass. 
*Suggestion: Download the recreation.gov app before your trip to have the ability to scan & pay digitally on-site.
Address: 810 State Route 20 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
Phone: (360) 854-2553
Hours: OPEN Monday (all services provided); OPEN Tues-Fri (limited services: Maps, NW Forest Pass, Interagency Annual Pass Only). Hours 8 am - 12 pm; 1 pm - 4pm. Closed 12-1 for lunch. Closed on weekends. (Closed on federal holidays)
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 48.66921944
Longitude: -121.7152472
Elevation
1,000 feet
Directions
From the Mt. Baker Ranger District office in Sedro-Woolley, WA follow State Route 20 east for 17.0 miles to milepost 82. Turn left (north) on the Baker Lake Highway (Forest Service Road 11). Continue on Baker Lake Highway for 15.0 miles. The trailhead and parking area are on the right past the Komo Kulshan Guard Station.
Facility and Amenity Information
Restrooms
Vault toilet(s)Water
Potable water is not available at this site.
Picnic Tables
Picnic tables are available at this site.
