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Mount St. Helens

2,549 m8,363 ft

Prominence: 1,412 m4,632 ft
Isolation: 51 km
Tonight: 28°FFair · Wind 2–8 mph NW

Mount St. Helens is a 2,549 m (8,363 ft) stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, Washington, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 2,549 m · 8,363 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Adams (3,743 m)
Range: Cascade Range
Region: Washington, United States
Protected area: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Official name: Mount Saint Helens
Spanish name: Monte Santa Helena
Coordinates: 46.1914° N, 122.1957° W

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3D map

Mount St. Helens 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount St. Helens terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount St. Helens elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount St. Helens weather

Today · Clear · 28 / 34°F (-2 / 1°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph NNW

Mount St. Helens forecast for the summit, about 1,828 m.

Today28°34°2%5 mph NNW
Sat32°40°40%1–8 mph S
Sun33°36°63%2–14 mph SSE
Mon33°36°56%1–12 mph SW
Tue31°35°39%1–6 mph WSW
Wed31°36°37%1–9 mph S
Thu31°38°17%1–13 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 9.6 × 9.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

40.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.8%

Steep, 30–45°

22.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

2.2%

Steeper than 30°: 24.7% of the 92 km² view
Relief in view: 1,745 m low point 790 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 41.6%Trees 35.2%Grassland 14.9%Moss & lichen 5.5%Snow & ice 2.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.8 km, measured from the Mount St. Helens summit.

Summit list 6

1Lava Dome2,180 m 1.1 km NNE
2Dogs Head Peak2,481 m 1.8 km ENE
3Butte Camp Dome1,410 m 3.4 km SW
4East Dome1,620 m 3.4 km E
5Alpine Butte1,536 m 4.5 km NE
6Pumice Butte1,379 m 4.7 km E

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.8 km; 316 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Partridgefoot77
Pink mountainheath61
Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat53
Mount Hood pussypaws35
Pearly everlasting33
Common beargrass30

Where it sits

Where Mount St. Helens sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Bonneville62 km SSE

Mount St. Helens downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount St. Helens satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m low This 3D map reads 2,535 m at the summit; the official height is 2,549 m.

Why: a 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 33 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,549 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	2,538 m	-11 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	2,535 m	-14 m
Copernicus GLO-30	2,532 m	-17 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,516 m	-33 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia