Castle Rock - Silver Lake, Washington - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
- Address:
- 3029 Spirit Lake Highway, Castle Rock - Silver Lake, WA [Show Map]
- Directions:
- I-5 exit 49, then five miles east on Hwy 504/Spirit Lake Hwy. You can see Mount St Helens from a wall of windows -- it's 45 miles further east.
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Castle Rock - Silver Lake, Washington - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument This government-run Visitor's Center on the volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens is a mild disappointment. The volcano simulated magma chamber is okay -- you can descend via stairs and view the molten core -- and the rest of the displays explain plenty about the event, geology, ecological effect, etc.
But they are woefully short on exhibited artifacts -- a few cindered branches and rocks. Most shockingly, the staff had to really struggle to recall where the half-buried car was (on the other side of the volcano, hence many hours away). They also didn't have a clue about the giant Bigfoot statue, but did direct us to the buried "A-Frame restaurant" at mile marker 20 -- where the Bigfoot statue turned out to be.
You can see Mount St. Helens from a wall of windows -- it's 45 miles further east. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 06/06/2004]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Gospodor Monument Park, Toledo-Winlock, WA - 12 mi.
- Bigfoot and the Buried A-Frame, Kid Valley, WA - 10 mi.
- Nutty Narrows - Squirrel Bridge, Longview, WA - 12 mi.
- In the region: Roloff Farms from Little People Big World, Hillsboro, OR - 48 mi.
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