Insiders' Guide® to Bellingham and Mount Baker

For more than twenty years, the Insiders' Guide series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by locals and true insiders and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love.Nestled between the North Cascade Mountains and the Georgia Strait, Bellingham is a little-known gem and a Top Ten Adventure Town. This authoritative guide will show you how to navigate the cultural and artistic riches of this progressive college town, as well as Mount Baker's vast green spaces waiting to be biked, hiked, skied, and explored.

Mike McQuaide is a freelance writer and former outdoor and features writer for the Bellingham Herald. McQuaide, a graduate of Bellingham’s Western Washington University, has lived in Bellingham for twenty years. He’s run and bicycled in Ski to Sea, the area’s biggest event; climbed Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan, the area’s tallest mountains; and acted and played music on many of the area’s stages. McQuaide is also the author of Falcon's AFalconGuide« to Mount Baker-Mount Shuksan. McQuaide lives in Bellingham's Columbia neighborhood with his wife Jennifer, and son, Baker, named for the 10,781-foot volcano just east of Bellingham.