About This Camera
USGS Johnston Ridge Observatory webcam, 5 miles from Mt. St. Helens' 1980 eruption crater. Best close-up view of the active lava dome and the horseshoe-shaped blast zone. Watch the recovering forest and fallen-log landscape — 40+ years of volcanic succession visible.
Heading to Mount St. Helens, Usgs? See the weather, the light and how busy it is for yourself before you go — this is the view right now, not a photo from a brochure.
At this camera
- Location
- 18 km (11 mi) NNE of Cougar, WA
- Coordinates
- 46.1914, -122.1956
- Elevation
- 2,512 m (8,241 ft)
- Sunrise / sunset
- 7:22 AM / 6:29 PM PDT (11 h 7 min of daylight today)
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