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Mount Saint Helens Creation Center

Mount Saint Helens Creation Center from directly overhead

Mount Saint Helens Creation Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Elk Mountain stands 1,377 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry S. Truman Park, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC CASTLE ROCK TO JOHNSON RIDGE passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates46.27607, -122.90844

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harry S. Truman Park: 0.2 mi
  • North County Park: 0.4 mi
  • Castle Rock Bike Skills Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Rock Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Memory Lane Volunteer Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Castle Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Ogden Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Bebe Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Rocky Point: 6.9 mi
  • Pumphrey Mountain: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 51
Attractions: 26
  • Pluto: 9.2 mi
  • Cowlitz County Event Center: 9.2 mi
  • Safety Awareness Bridge: 9.3 mi
  • Safety Awareness Squirrel Bridge: 9.3 mi
  • Nutty Narrows Squirrel Bridge: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 16
Beaches: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 8.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Erikson Community Garden: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Stillwater Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Marietta Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Kalama River Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Washboard Falls: 20.5 mi
Museums: 4
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Day Use Area: 4.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Mount Saint Helens Creation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elk MountainESE 115°1,377 m23.5 mi
Butler ButteESE 118°1,079 m22.4 mi
Signal PeakE 88°1,004 m17.1 mi
Boistfort PeakNW 315°941 m20.7 mi
O'Neil PeakESE 110°926 m20.0 mi
Georges PeakSE 125°831 m21.0 mi
Baird MountainESE 112°811 m15.1 mi
Little OnionNW 305°808 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2020:2121:08
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5315:3816:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347515761666763544641
Precip in6.54.84.94.13.12.00.61.02.34.47.27.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longview, 10 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/496746578

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