Lava Canyon (FR 8300000) in WA -- Camping Rules & Access
Lava Canyon (FR 8300000) in WA
Road corridorGifford Pinchot NF, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
17 mi from Amboy
24 mi off US 12 (straight line)
Maps 1,406 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.4, 2.2–3.2, 3.7–5.1 and 14.5–14.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest ↗
Motor-vehicle season 6/16–11/30Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · 28 days total per calendar year
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Difficult
- 5.8 of this road’s 17.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 1.5 miles of dirt.
- Near Trail Of Two Forests Interpretive Site.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 8 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- The Swift Reservoir shoreline is 0.3 mi off.
- Mount Saint Helens stands 6,756 ft above the map pin, 8.0 miles north.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 41–60°F, 11.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.