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We were out to
Mount Saint Helens in 2010 and again in
2011,
2013
Spring, 2014,
Summer, 2014,
Winter, 2014 and
Dead of Winter, 2015.
There are no gas stations past the 10.5 mile point (from I-5) on Hwy 504. The
Shell station just beyond the Toutle Post Office is the last chance to buy fuel
(incl. diesel). The round trip distance to the end of the highway (Johnston Ridge)
from this point is 82 mi (132 km). Cheaper gas is available at Castle Rock as you
exit the I-5 freeway.
DIRECTIONS
The most popular tourist route into the Mount St. Helens area is via Washington state
route 504. It can be reached at Castle Rock (exit #49) off Interstate 5 in Washington,
about one hour and 15 minutes north of Portland and two hours south of Seattle.
You can click on some of these images to enlarge them.
Got there at 10:00 so the place was still pretty vacant. You can easily
see the Road King in the nearly empty parking lot below. By the time we
left, the Obama loving commies from Portland and Seattle were starting to
show up.
Here's more pictures of
Johnstone Observatory.
Here's pictures of
Coldwater Lake.
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