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Lemei Rock

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329: 745: 289:. The shield volcano is topped by a volcanic crater. While the crater rim is free of snow and ice, snow tends to linger on the summit well into July. A small crater lake by the name of Lake Wapiki, occupies the crater below the Lemei Rock high point. The Lost and Dry Creeks flow off of the southeast side of Lemei Rock and join the White Salmon River, while the Smokey, Little Goose, and Cultus flow from the east and northeast side, and joins Trout Lake Creek, which then discharges into the White Salmon River at 988: 956: 772:. Major trails at Lemei Rock are the Lemei Trail, which climbs up the east side of Lemei Rock; and Wapiki Trail, which descends from the Lemei Trail to the deep blue Wapiki Lake, the "crater lake" of Lemei Rock. The Filloon Trail departs from the rustic Little Goose Campground and meets up with Lemei Trail before Lake Comcomly. 33: 313:
that make up the Indian Heaven Volcanic Field. About 60 eruptive centers lie on the 19-mile (30 km) long, N10°E-trending, Indian Heaven fissure zone. The 230 square miles (600 km) field has a volume of about 20 cubic miles (100 km) and forms the western part of a 770-square-mile
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The fifty-site Cultus Creek Campground, a destination for berry pickers, is located right at the edge of the Indian Heaven Wilderness. Cultus Creek Campground offers visitors two major trail heads (Indian Heaven Trail #33 and Cultus Creek Trail #108) and huckleberry picking access to the
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Indian Heaven Volcanic Field and Mount Adams Volcanic Vicinity Digital Relief Map showing Lemei Rock and the various other peaks that make up the volcanic field.
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in Washington. Lemei Rock has a topographic prominence of 2,405 feet (733 m). On clear days hikers can see views of four nearby volcanoes:
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field in the southern Washington Cascades, including the King Mountain fissure zone along which
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This section is about the volcanic field. For the federally-protected wilderness area, see
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Fishing and hiking destinations in the volcanic field around Lemei Rock include the
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Printable Indian Heaven Wilderness Trail Vicinity Map (PDF 85 K, Adobe Acrobat)
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Indian Heaven Wilderness Overview/Background
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Recreation: Cultus Creek Campground
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Lemei Rock in the Indian Heaven Wilderness Visitor and Location Map
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This article is about Lemei Rock. For the volcanic field, see
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Indian Heaven Wilderness
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest: Cultus Creek Campground
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Lemei Trail, Indian Heaven Trail, with rock scrambling
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Indian Heaven

Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
46°1′N 121°46′W / 46.017°N 121.767°W / 46.017; -121.767
Skamania County
Washington, U.S.
Parent range
Cascade Range
Topo map
Age of rock
Pleistocene
Holocene
Mountain type
shield volcano
Volcanic arc
Cascade Volcanic Arc
Last eruption
Easiest route
shield volcano
Indian Heaven
polygenetic volcanic field
Washington
United States
Mount St. Helens
Mount Adams
Pleistocene
Holocene
Indian Heaven Wilderness

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