Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the southeast.
The North Fork Toutle River Valley is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, 2005, by Ken McGee.

Status

• Current Update
• Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam
• News and Current Events, Information Announcements, and Volcano Updates
• Volcanic Ash Advisories from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Images

• Distant Images [exit federal site]
• National Volcanic Monument Photo Gallery
• Recent USGS Images
• Satellite Imagery from NOAA
• View from Johnston Ridge Observatory

Location and Maps

• U.S. Forest Service Maps & Driving Times

Classroom and Homework Resources

• How Volcanoes Work, ABC News [exit federal site] Requires Flash player
• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
  – Teachers' Corner
• Search science.gov for "Mount St. Helens"
• Seismicity Information [exit federal site]
• The Many Faces of Mount St. Helens [exit federal site]
• USGS Volcano Hazards Program
• Volcano World [exit federal site]

– Lesson Plans