National Recreation Areas · Washington
Ross Lake National Recreation Area
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Introduction
Background: 1
Ross Lake National Recreation Area is one of three units in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex.
Geography
Visitation
Sources & field notes
Source records (5)
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Background · National Park Service information. Open source ↗
- Information date
- Not supplied by the source
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
- Reuse
- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.
Ross Lake looking south · Courtesy of North Cascades NPS Complex Museum Collection, 1963 NPS North Cascades Survey Collection.. Open source ↗
- Information date
- Not supplied by the source
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Source scope
- Ross Lake National Recreation Area
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
- Reuse
- Public domain
- Rights
- Public domain
Designation · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
- Information date
- Not supplied by the source
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
- Reuse
- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.
State or territory · National Park System directory. Open source ↗
- Information date
- Not supplied by the source
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
- Reuse
- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.
Recreation visits · National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics. Open source ↗
- Information date
- 2025
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-30
- Methodology
- NPS reporting unit; annual total is the sum of 12 monthly recreation visit estimates.
- Reporting unit
- Ross Lake NRA
- Evidence
- Single source; not independently corroborated.
- Reuse
- Factual reference data; source attribution retained.