mt. st. helens positive effects of volcanic activity
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Mt. St. Helens
Positive effects of Volcanic Activity
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North Fork Toutle River - Visitor Attractions 2010
1 Silver Lake Visitor Centre (10 min)
2 7 Wonders Museum
3 Eco Park Resort
4 Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Centre / Grill (30 min)
5 Weyerhaeuser Forest Centre (45 min)
6 Hummocks Trail
7 Johnston Ridge Observatory (90 min)
Access by Road …
South from Seattle 2 hours (south) down Interstate 5
North from Portland 1 hour (north) up Interstate 5
Leave at Exit 49 at Castle Rock and follow Highway 504.
Times to attractions are driving from Exit 49
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Castle Rock – Exit 49 some motel accommodations … Harry Truman Memorial
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Silver Lake Visitor Centre
7 days / week all year 9am to 4pm - $3 entry
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Silver Lake Visitor Centre
Exhibits, movie, models … rangers, gift shop.
www.parks.wa.gov/mtsthelens
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Silver Lake Visitor Centre and Wetland walk!
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Blue Heron Inn – Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
“Tourism has helped to revitalise the Toutle Valley after a very bleak period economically in the 1980s. Visitors come all year round from all over the world. Attracted by the National Volcanic Monument of Mt. St. Helens”
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Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Centre – 7 days a week; 9 to close – hours extend in the summer
Helicopter tours in the summer season give views of the blast zone.
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Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Centre
Deposits still fill valley floor of Toutle River North Fork.
Forestry re-growing on valley sides. http://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/tourism/brochure/online/hoffstadt.htm
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From May 29th 2010
Starting at $159 / person
Every 30 mins
Over 40,000 passengers in 18 years of trading
Johnston Ridge Observatory Closed in Winter280-seat theatre10,000 square-foot exhibit hall staffed information desk interpretive sales area restrooms, public phones, parking for 350 cars, 50 RV's and 20 buses viewing plaza trailhead access to the Boundary Trail #1 leading east and west interpretive staff will offer a variety of formal talks and guided walks.
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National Volcanic Monument – Not a National Park – may restrict leisure activities
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/04maps/files/mshrec.jpg
Cycling Highway 504 … ‘no through road’
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Further south – Mt. Hood 30 miles SE of Portland (Oregon)Seatosummit lift from Portland city centre - $40/person single
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Timberline Lodge at 6000’ – half way up Mt. Hood.
Built in 1937 as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal –
A Ski Lodge to help develop a new leisure industry
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All year round visitors to hotel – mainly for skiing
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But also outdoor pool and hot tub …
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Mount Hood – over 11000’ (3000m+) – a volcano in the Cascade Range just like Mount St. Helens
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Constant snow clearance – many day visitors.