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The Atlas/Washington/Verlot Public Service Center

Verlot Public Service Center

The Verlot Public Service Center sits at 33515 Mountain Loop Highway, eleven miles east of Granite Falls, at 971 feet elevation in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the handsome log-and-stone complex between 1933 and 1942; the buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Staff here dispense Northwest Forest Passes, recreation maps, weather conditions, hiking information, and trail-closure updates for the Mountain Loop Highway corridor. Restrooms are on site. For riders approaching from the west, it is the last reliable information stop before the pavement turns to gravel on the upper Mountain Loop.

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// Why riders stop

The CCC-era ranger station at the start of the Mountain Loop's good stuff: grab a pass, a map, and a weather update before the pavement narrows — and the historic log buildings are worth a two-minute walk on their own.

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