Sightly is an
unincorporated community in
Cowlitz County, Washington. Sightly is located east of the city of
Castle Rock and east of
Silver Lake
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. Sightly is reached by taking exit 49 off of
Interstate 5, traveling east along
Washington State Route 504
State Route 504 (SR 504, designated as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway) is a state highway in southwestern Washington state in the United States. It travels along the North Fork Toutle River to the Mount St. Helens area, serving as the m ...
, which is also known as the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway,
and then traveling along Sightly Road. The Sightly community was given its name due to its views of
Mount St. Helens. The Sightly community is part of the
Toutle Lake School District, a
K-12
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school district of about 600 students.
Sightly is located northwest of Mount St. Helens. The
eruption of Mount St. Helens
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eru ...
on May 18, 1980, was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the
United States.
Geography
Sightly is located at (46.2998338, -122.7084437).
External links
Toutle Lake School District website
References
Unincorporated communities in Cowlitz County, Washington
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
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