Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Welcome to the Mount St. Helens Volcanic National Monument Website of pictures within the World from the Web Home page. Located in the southwestern portion of Washington, this national volcanic monument
features the 8,366' Mt St. Helens volcano. The main visitors center is located within a 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours of either Portland, Oregon or Seattle Washington. Both cities offer full resources and facilities. Take I-5 from either city to Rt 504E. There are also smaller cities nearer the park that offer facilities.
The park is 110,000 acres and features the famous volcano that on May 18, 1980, erupted. Losing over 1300' of the volcano, the eruption covered 150 square miles of forest which was blown over or left dead and standing. By 1982, the National Volcanic Monument was created out of the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest.
Activities include camping, hiking, biking and sightseeing. For more information, contact Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, 42218 NE Yale Bridge Road, Amboy, WA 98601 or call (360)-247-3900.
The pictures below are all from the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, using various film and digital cameras.
Additional pictures from the nearby Gifford-Pinchot National Forest are here. This includes more photos of Mt. St. Helens.
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A hike to a clearing of Mt. St. Helens. This trail was unmarked and picked up from one of the National Forest roads leading north from Ape Cave, in a remote portion of the park.
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From the National Forest Roads that lead north from Ape Cave.
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Coldwater Lake and fog strewn mountains, from Rt 504.
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Tree stumps and near baren ground occupy the landscape at Coldwater Ridge.
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From Rt 12, the Riffe Lake Overlook, west of Morton.
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From the Trail of Two Forests, lava flow. This is a 1/4 mile interpretive trail, off of Rt 83 and near Ape Cave.
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Tree mold from the Trail of Two Forests. This is formed by lava surrounding the tree, turning it into a hardened ash. With time, wind blows the ash away, leaving the tree mold hole seen here.
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Further information can be found at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument GORP page or
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument USDA Forest Service page.
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