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Forest Learning Center at Mt St Helens

Celebrate the Return of the forest to Mount St Helens

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The center details the impact that the eruption had on the largest private landowner in the surrounding forest--Weyerhauser. It is located 33 miles east of Interstate 5 on Highway 504 (Spirit Lake Memorial Highway), and attracts more than 200,000 visitors every year.

Exhibits include a virtual chopper tour, eruption chamber multi-media program, and kids exhibits.

The Learning Center is open daily from mid-May until the end of October. Admission is free.

Location: PO Box 188, Longview Washington 98632 Telephone 360-414-3439

Other Science nearby:
(Longview) Abernathy Fish Technology Center
(Longview) Forest Learning Center at Mt St Helens
(Kelso) Kelso Volcano Information Center
(Port Gamble) Of Sea and Shore Museum

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