Destinations · Washington
Mount St. Helens
WA · 46.2000, -122.2000
White Pass Scenic Byway is a signed byway within 30 miles of Mount St. Helens, Washington.
Understand
On March 20, 1980, awakened from over 100 years of dormancy with a magnitude 4.1 earthquake which began a series of events leading to eruption. Steam and ash started erupting on March 27, and over the next two months the north side of the mountain started bulging at the rate of a day.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Mount St. Helens are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- White Pass Scenic Byway · 21 mi · national
Public land
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest · inside
Campgrounds
- Trailhead: Blue Lake (Mt St Helens) · 4 mi
- Horse Camp: Kalama · 7 mi
- Horse Camp: Green River · 12 mi
- Campground: Lower Falls · 16 mi
- Horse Camp: Lewis River · 17 mi
- Campground: Iron Creek · 19 mi
- Campground: Paradise Creek · 21 mi
- Campground: Tillicum · 21 mi
Lookouts
- Loowit Viewpoint · 5 mi
- North Fork Toutle River Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Castle Lake Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Castle Lake Viewpoint Observation Site · 8 mi
Named places
- Lava Dome · 1 mi
- Mount Saint Helens · 1 mi
- Dogs Head Peak · 1 mi
- Step Falls · 2 mi
- Loowit Falls · 2 mi
- Lower Step Falls · 2 mi
- Middle Loowit Falls · 2 mi
- East Dome · 2 mi
A day out of Mount St. Helens, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Toutle · 26 mi
- Mossyrock · 27 mi
- Southwest Washington · 28 mi