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The southern and eastern sides of the volcano drain into an upstream impoundment, the Swift Reservoir, which is directly south of the volcano's peak. Although Mount St. Helens is in Skamania County, Washington, access routes to the mountain run through Cowlitz County to the west, and Lewis County to the north.
A mudslide buried part of State Route 504 on Mount St. Helens on May 14, deputies said. The debris forced the 12 people and the animal to wait until the morning to be airlifted from the area ...
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Pages in category "Volcanoes of Washington (state)" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Johnston Ridge Observatory is 52 miles (84 km) east of Castle Rock, Washington, at the end of Washington State Route 504, four miles from the mountain. Open daily mid-May through October, exhibits focus on the geologic history of the volcano, eyewitness accounts of the explosion, and the science of monitoring volcanic activity.
Standing at 12,281 feet (3,743 m), Adams towers about 9,800 feet (3,000 m) over the surrounding countryside. It is the second-highest mountain in Washington and third-highest in the Cascade Range. Because of the way it developed, it is the largest stratovolcano in Washington and second-largest in the Cascades, behind only Mount Shasta. Its ...
Sawtooth Mountain is a shield volcano, and part of the polygenetic Indian Heaven [3] Volcanic Field in Washington, United States. It is located midway between Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, and dates from the Pleistocene and Holocene. Sawtooth Mountain is the third highest point at 5,354 feet (1,632 m)in this region.
Take Iceland, for example. With the region facing numerous eruptions from a volcano since the end of 2023, dramatic photos and video show lava shooting from a long fissure that opened up.