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Forest Learning Center Rest Area

Forest Learning Center Rest Area from directly overhead

Forest Learning Center Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 812 m. Mount Saint Helens stands 2,549 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Rock, a peak 2.5 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC CASTLE ROCK TO JOHNSON RIDGE runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Department of Transportation
Seasonal
spring;summer;autumn

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.30861, -122.39566

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Elk Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Spotted Buck Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Hoffstadt Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Spud Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Castle Peak: 6.5 mi
Parks: 32
  • Kalama Horse Camp: 11.9 mi
  • Mossyrock Park: 14.4 mi
  • Taidnapam Park: 15.6 mi
  • Klickitat Prairie Park: 15.7 mi
  • Mossyrock Veterans Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 28
Attractions: 12
  • Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center Interpretive Site: 6.2 mi
  • Windy Ridge Interpretive Site: 13.0 mi
  • Monument Entry Road 99 Interpretive Site: 16.5 mi
  • Trail Of Two Forests Interpretive Site: 16.9 mi
  • Ape Canyon Trailhead: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coldwater Lake Picnic And Boating Site: 6.4 mi
  • Smith Creek Interpretive Site: 13.8 mi
  • Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
  • Iron Creek Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Soda Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Kalama Spring: 13.1 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Swimming Beach: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Forest Learning Center Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Saint HelensSE 130°2,549 m12.5 mi
Dogs Head PeakSE 126°2,481 m12.9 mi
Lava DomeSE 127°2,180 m12.4 mi
Mount WhittierE 85°1,792.5 m12.6 mi
Mount TeragramE 88°1,786.4 m12.6 mi
Mount MargaretE 89°1,785.8 m12.5 mi
Strawberry MountainENE 73°1,749.2 m17.9 mi
Coldwater PeakE 93°1,743 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:1820:1921:06
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5115:3616:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495660666661524439
Precip in8.15.86.35.43.82.70.91.32.55.48.48.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayfield PWR PLT, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1229027204

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