Washington State #504
Spirit Lake Memorial Highway
Washington Road Map Travel Guide
Castle Rock to Mount St. Helens National Park
This byway is otherworldly. Nowhere else on Earth can you have an experience like the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway. The words “spectacular” and “awesome” do not suffice. There is simply no way to describe or adequately photograph the beautiful, but apocalyptic scene, with flowers, trees and animals returning to the landscape. A hollowed-out Mount St. Helens is ever-present in the background.

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Km	Miles	Road Item	Road Summary
0.0 (84.5)	0.0 (52.5)	Welcome to Washington	Washington State Parks Information / Directions
0.0 (84.5)	0.0 (52.5)	Junction I-5 Exit #49 & S.R. 504 'Spirit Lake Memorial Hwy.'	Begin our trip to Mt. St. Helens Nat'l Volcanic Monument here. Restaurants: Subway, Papa Pete's Pizza, Peper's 49'er, C&L Burger Bar, El Compadre,Crossroad's Plaza Deli, Rosetree, Burger King. Motels: Mt. St. Helens Motel, Timberland Inn & Suites, Motel 7. Gas & Convenience Stores: Texaco, FoodMart (76) Cinedome Theater -- Award-winning documentary of Mt. St. Helens blast every hour. New release movies every evening; matinees Sat/Sun.
3.1 (81.4)	1.9 (50.6)	Chevron Food Mart & Mt. St. Helens RV Park	Taco Bell. Nice 89 site RV park. A Good Sam Park; dumping Cable TV.
6.9 (77.6)	4.3 (48.2)	Bigfoot Hideaway B&B; Valley Bugler; The Gallery	2 Br. B&B; Office of the Vallery Bugler monthly newspaper. Pick up a copy of the seasonal tourist info map. The Gallery features fgifts, paintings, collectible and pottery by local potter, Carl Martin.
8.9 (75.6)	5.5 (47.0)	Blue Heron Inn B&B	Luxurious 6 rm.Country Inn overlooking Silver Lake & Mt St Helens. ADA Accessible. Evening meal option. Across from Silver Lake Visitor Center. Blue Heron B&B
8.9 (75.6)	5.5 (47.0)	Silver Lake Visitor Center	The first of 3 Visitor Centers on Spirit Lake Mem. Hwy. Display of information/artifacts of the 1980 blast; Gift & Book Shop; Blast video. $3.00 Adult/$1.00 Age 5-15; Multipass for all three Visitor Centers $6.00 Adult/$2.00 Age 5-15. Open 9-5 7 days a week.
8.9 (75.6)	5.5 (47.0)	Seaquest State Park	Washington State Park. Seaquest State Park is a 475-acre, year-round camping park near Mount St. Helen's. The beautifully forested park claims over a mile of Silver Lake shoreline,. Camping, Hiking, Picnicing. Campsite Information The park has 55 tent spaces, 33 utility spaces, one dump station, five restrooms (four ADA) and six showers (four ADA). Seaquest State Park
10.9 (73.5)	6.8 (45.7)	Bean's Landing	Boat & Motor Rental. Boat ramp on Silver Lake.
11.3 (73.2)	7.0 (45.5)	Silver Lake Motel & Resort	Waterfron Motel with large, comfortable rooms, Cable TV, kitchens. RV Park & tent camp with showers. Silver Lake is noted for great large mouth bass, crappie, trout, perch, & bluegill fishing. Takle, bait, boat rental, boat launch. Silver Lake Motel & Resort
11.3 (73.2)	7.0 (45.5)	Access to Lakeview Lodging	Cute & cozy cabins. Lakeview Lodging information
11.3 (73.2)	7.0 (45.5)	Access to Moonshine Pottery	Moonshine Pottery by artist Cheryl Louws. Husband Pete makes excellent Adirondak chairs for sale.
12.9 (71.6)	8.0 (44.5)	Washington Dept.Fish & Wildlife Public Boat Ramp	Permit Required.
13.2 (71.3)	8.2 (44.3)	Silver Shores Resort & RV Park	50 RV sites. 25 tent sites. General store. Boat rental. Restaurant & Lounge. Live entertainment Thurs-Sat.
14.5 (70.0)	9.0 (43.5)	Temptations Gift Shop	1 mile off hwy. Mt. St. Helens souveniers.
15.3 (69.2)	9.5 (43.0)	7 Wonders Museum & Bookstore	Lloyd & Doris Anderson live on the site and operate this alternative creationist perspective on the Mt St Helens phenomenon. They offer a Visitor's Resorce Packet ($3.00), slide presentation. Creation Science resource specialists.
16.1 (68.4)	10.0 (42.5)	City of Toutle, WA.	Toutle Lake H.S.; Shell Gas Station Food Mart; Tooutle Diner; Toutle Lake Bible Church.
30.6 (53.9)	19.0 (33.5)	19 Mile House Restaurant/Kid Valley Campground/Texaco	Food, gifts, excellent Huckleberry desserts. Last chance for gas. 18 full hookups; 10 tent sites.
32.2 (52.3)	20.0 (32.5)	North Fork Survivors Gift Shop	Gifts, Mt St Helens glass, pottery. Glassblowers on premises. Helicopter rides. Worlds's largest cement Bigfoot statue!
33.8 (50.7)	21.0 (31.5)	Sediment Retention Structure	This is a dam on the Toutle River designed not to hold back water, but to trap sediment. 1 mile to parking lot. Displays, gift shop. Largest earthen dam in NA.
38.6 (45.9)	24.0 (28.5)	Eco Park Resort	Closest accomodations to the mountain. Log Cabins; yurts; RV sites; tent sites. Don't miss the logger dinner show (May-Sep)for some great entertaiment. Where else can you eat hearty and watch ax throwing, pole climbing, learn the logging way of life and listen to the funniest logger poetry on the planet. The Backwoods Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch & dinner Logger Show) Eco Park Resort
43.5 (41.0)	27.0 (25.5)	Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center	Free Admission. Full service restaurant & Mt St Helens most complete gift shop. Open 9-9 in summer months. Helicopter flights. Great view. Usually see a large herd of elk along the river. Binoculars helpful.
53.9 (30.6)	33.5 (19.0)	Weyerhaeuser Forest Learning Center	Open 10-6 May -October. Closed in winter. Free admission. Focuses on the timber industry, the impact of the eruption on the industry, and the amazing recovery of the landscape. Re-creation of forest floor displayed. Short video prresentation. Good gift shop. Located 1300 feeet above the Toutle river. Excellent view. 250 foot trail descends to more views. Picnic area.
69.2 (15.3)	43.0 (9.5)	Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center	Open 10-6 AprilSep. 10-5 other times, weather permitting. Fee area (See Silver Lake Visitor Center entry). Emphasizes the destruction of life and biological recovery of the blast zone. Largest visitor center. Looks 500 ft. down on Coldwter Lake. Display area. Cafeteria. Gift Shop. 1/4 mile interpretive walk.
72.4 (12.1)	45.0 (7.5)	Coldwater Lake Recreation Area	Beautiful 5 mile long lake formed by eruption. 1/4 mile Birth of a Lake Interpretive Trail explains how this 766 acre lake was formed. Hummock Trail.
83.7 (0.8)	52.0 (0.5)	Lowit Viewpoint	Great view of Mt St Helens. Hiking Trails.
84.5 (0.0)	52.5 (0.0)	Johnston Ridge Observatory	Last Visitor Center. Open 10-6 summer only. Fee area. (See Silver Lake Visitor Center entry)Displays. Video Presentation. Gift Shop. Fast Food restaurant. Great view into the caldera. Start / Finish of Hoghway Travel Guide - e