Current Office Hours
Alert
Date(s): Sep 19, 2023
*No permits issued 15 minutes before office closure.
Mount St. Helens NVM & District
(360) 449-7800
Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm
Cowlitz Valley Ranger District
(360) 497-1100
Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm (Closed 12:15pm-1pm)
Annex (Forest product permits)
(360) 497-1123
Hours: M-Th, 7:30am-4pm & Fri 7:30am-2pm
Mt. Adams Ranger District
(509) 395-3402
Hours: Mon. - Sat., 8am-4:30pm (Closed 12pm-1pm)
Permits issued until 4:15 pm
Visitor Centers:
Pine Creek Information Center
OPEN 9am-5pm, 7 days a week for summer.
18 miles east of Cougar, WA on Forest Road 90.
Mount St. Helens Visitor Center
OPEN year-round; hours vary by season. WA State Parks.
*Interpretive displays include info. on local history, geology, and re-growth/recovery of the land post eruption.
(360) 274-0962
Forest Learning Center
OPEN May 18-Oct 1, 2023. Weyerhaeuser.
*Amenities and exhibits that tell the story of Mount St. Helens.
17000 Spirit Lake Hwy, Toutle, WA 98649
Science and Learning Center at Coldwater
OPEN 10am-4pm daily for summer.
Visitor Information: (360) 274-2131
Summer program info: Mount St. Helens Institute (360) 449-7883
Johnston Ridge Observatory
CLOSED due to landslide
*Interpretive displays tell the biological, geological, and human story of Mount St. Helens.