There’s not a lot to choose from on Mt St Helens’ south side in the noncamping genre, so thank your lucky stars that this place, in the rather lonesome settlement of Cougar, backs up its RV park with a pleasantly sited motel, cafe (pizzas and burgers, mainly) and swimming pool. Rustic’s the word.
Lone Fir Resort & Café
Washington Cascades
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
5.99 MILES
Ape Cave is a 2-mile-long lava tube formed 2000 years ago by a lava flow that followed a deep watercourse. It's the longest lava tube in the western…
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15.92 MILES
Windy Ridge Viewpoint is a highlight of the remote eastside entrance to Mt St Helens. Here visitors get a palpable, if eerie, sense of the destruction…
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16.05 MILES
Situated at the end of Hwy 504 and looking directly into the mouth of the Mt St Helens crater, the observatory has exhibits that depict the geologic…
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17.26 MILES
Coldwater Lake, 43 miles east of Castle Rock, was created in 1980 when water backed up behind a dam caused by debris left behind by the Mt St Helens…
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Mt St Helens Forest Learning Center
18.35 MILES
Situated at Mile 33 on Hwy 504, the learning center is basically a showcase for the lumber industry (it was built by timber company Weyerhaeuser), though…
Nearby Washington Cascades attractions
5.99 MILES
Ape Cave is a 2-mile-long lava tube formed 2000 years ago by a lava flow that followed a deep watercourse. It's the longest lava tube in the western…
15.92 MILES
Windy Ridge Viewpoint is a highlight of the remote eastside entrance to Mt St Helens. Here visitors get a palpable, if eerie, sense of the destruction…
16.05 MILES
Situated at the end of Hwy 504 and looking directly into the mouth of the Mt St Helens crater, the observatory has exhibits that depict the geologic…
17.26 MILES
Coldwater Lake, 43 miles east of Castle Rock, was created in 1980 when water backed up behind a dam caused by debris left behind by the Mt St Helens…
5. Mt St Helens Forest Learning Center
18.35 MILES
Situated at Mile 33 on Hwy 504, the learning center is basically a showcase for the lumber industry (it was built by timber company Weyerhaeuser), though…