[June in Seattle] Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument (West Side)

Admission
You can use your Interagency National Park Annual Pass (sold at $80 at national parks), but if you don’t have one, you can purchase a Day Pass for $5.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/giffordpinchot/passes-permits/recreation

When to Go
Late spring ~ early fall (to avoid the winter seasons and the snow, go sometime in May through October, but also avoid the high heat in peak summer)

Tips
1) It is a 3 hour + drive from Seattle, so if your family is not used to spending long hours in the car, make it an overnight trip. If everyone is okay with the drive, depart early in the morning, spend a couple hours there and come back all in a day.
2) Loowit Viewpoint is a nice stop for the whole family to take a short stroll and stretch out your legs from the long drive.
3) At the Visitors Center at Johnston Ridge Observatory, you can watch a short film about the eruption in 1980 and stroll along the trail.
4) Kids preschool age and up may enjoy participating in the Junior Ranger program to earn a Junior Ranger badge. Ask for a junior ranger activity book at the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

Forest Learning Center

Loowit Viewpoint

Johnston Ridge Observatory

Eruption Trail at Johnston Ridge Observatory

Wild Flowers

Go Strollers !!