We moved our camping location about 40 miles east to the Newhalem Campground. The visitor center for the North Cascades National Park was conveniently next to the campground and we decided to stay for the next three days.
The campground was less than ½ a mile from
the ‘company’ town of Newhalem where Seattle City Lights has a hydroelectric
dam. The waterfalls and ‘cascades’ of
the Northern Cascades proved to be a rich source of hydroelectric power for
Seattle and other developing cities back in the 1930s. Today the dams are still an important source
of power and the little town of Newhalem maintains a small community of workers.
The campground and visitor center had numerous trails and many more were within just a few miles drive, so we had a fine time hiking and learning new things at the visitor center.
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| Happy Creek from the Happy Creek Forest Walk Trail |
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| Diablo Lake, one of the three lakes in the Cascades creating hydroelectric power |
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View of Picket Range in Cascades from Edward Munro Trail near Visitor Center
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| 'Mountain Maya' |
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