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Castle Rock Washington Tourism |
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Draped in history, this small community’s true story seems to get lost in the fact that it is one of the best view points of Mount St. Helens and it is also the home of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Visitor Center.Located at the start of the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, State Route 504, Castle Rock has always been a landmark beginning as early as 1832. The town was named for the 150 foot high rock which served as a landmark for American Indians and the Hudson’s Bay Company traders. Castle Rock continued to prosper as the steamboat port on the Cowlitz River and the trading center for valley farms. Spirit Lake Memorial Highway is the route that leads past the areas affected by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. The visitor center is located five miles east of I-5, exit 49. |
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