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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - West Side
The West Side of Mount St. Helens is where you can explore the heart of the blast zone.
Enter the monument on Washington 504 (part of the WA State Scenic and Recreational Highways system.) It travels 52 miles along the North Fork Toutle River to the Mount St. Helens area, serving as the main access to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. There are three viewpoints along this drive and Loowit Viewpoint is below. (Look down to see the parking lot).
This drive has spectacular views of the landscape, including the crater, blast zone, and Toutle River Valley. Make sure to stop at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater, where groups participate in educational programming and visitors may get information on winter weekends, 10 am to 4 pm, starting in December. At the end of the road is Johnston Ridge Observatory, a popular visitor center that is open daily mid-May through October.
Route 504 also provides visitors with access to a number of trails. In summer, food service is available at Johnston Ridge Observatory while many options for food, lodging, and gas can be found along 504 west of Mount St. Helens. We stayed at the Longview North / Mount St Helens KOA.
Washington Pass / Liberty Bell Mountain
Check out this view of the famous Highway 20. AKA The Cascade Loop. Cascade Loop is 440-miles long and is often called “Washington’s Ultimate Road Trip”. This photo was taken in Region 6 (Methow Valley) along Washington Pass.
Washington Pass (el. 5477 ft./1669 m) is a mountain pass in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on State Route 20. The pass is typically closed between November and April due to heavy snowfall. From Winthrop, drive west 30 miles on Highway 20.
Liberty Bell Mountain (el. 7,720 ft (2,350 m) is located in the North Cascades, approximately one mile south of Washington Pass on the North Cascades Highway. Liberty Bell is the most northern spire of the Liberty Bell Group, a group of spires which also includes Concord Tower, Lexington Tower, North Early Winters Spire, and South Early Winters Spire. A mixture of high quality granite and difficult rock has made it a very popular weekend climbing area.
Marymoor Park / Lake Sammamish - Redmond, WA
Marymoor Park, located on the north end of Lake Sammamish in Redmond, Washington, is King County’s largest, oldest, and most popular park, with more than 3 million annual visitors coming to roam its 640 acres (2.6 km2). Among recreational activities available are various sports facilities, rock climbing, a 40-acre off-leash dog park and a velodrome. It is also one end of the Sammamish River Trail, a biking and walking trail.
Bremerton Waterfront - Bremerton, WA
Bremerton is the largest city in the region and terminal for one of four WA State Ferry routes from the Seattle area to the Kitsap Peninsula. It is famous for its historic Naval and maritime heritage. In this photo you and see USS Turner Joy (DD-951). It was one of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy. It was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN (1895–1956). Commissioned in 1959, it spent its entire career in the Pacific. It participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Decommissioned in 1982, it is now a museum ship in Bremerton, Washington
Snoqualmie Pass - North Bend, WA
This photo was taken near the popular Gold Creek Pond trail head. The trail has great views and is stroller and ADA friendly.
The pass summit is at an elevation of 3,015 feet (919 m), on the county line between Kittitas County and King County.
Snoqualmie Pass has the lowest elevation of the three east–west mountain routes across Washington State that are kept open year-round, along with Stevens Pass (US 2) to the north, and White Pass (US 12) to the south. I-90 is the primary commercial artery between Seattle and points east, carrying an average of 29,000 vehicles through the pass per day. I-90 is the only divided highway crossing east–west through the state.