Eco Park Resort

Washington Cascades


The closest full-service accommodations to the blast zone offers campsites and RV hookups, basic two- or four-person cabins and a yurt that sleeps six. Reservations are required. There's also a cafe-restaurant. The resort is owned by the family whose Spirit Lake Lodge was swept away by the 1980 eruption.


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