Facilities include picnic tables, restrooms, a fish cleaning station, boat launch and a hands-on discovery area. While enjoying the Coldwater Lake Recreation Area, please remember this is a DAY USE AREA only. For fishing regulations, check the information board located on site or call one of the visitor centers. Read amazing eyewitness accounts from eruption survivors. Take a .5 mile walk on the Eruption Trail and learn how the eruption shaped the surrounding landscape.
Visitors can expect to see views of the lava dome, crater, pumice plain, and the landslide deposit.
Services include a wide-screen theater presentation, interpretive exhibits, a staffed information desk and a Northwest Interpretive Association books sales area. No food service available at this site. Interpretive Talks Times posted at Center Forest Interpreters share the magic of the geological events surrounding the 1980 eruption through a variety of formal talks and guided walks. Experience how volcanoes are monitored and discover how Mount St. Helens has taught us new answers to old mysteries.