American Lake Seaplane Base

American Lake Seaplane Base is an aerodrome in Pierce, Washington. American Lake Seaplane Base is situated nearby to the hamlet Silcox Island, as well as near Lake City.

Type: Aerodrome
Description: airport in Pierce County, Washington, United States of America
Also known as: “American Lake Water Aerodrome”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakewold Gardens and Thornewood.

Lakewold Gardens

Park

Photo: Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lakewold Gardens is a 10-acre non-profit estate garden located at 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood, Washington, in an area known as the Lakes District. It is open to visitors year-round.

Thornewood

Guest house

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Thornewood is an English Gothic estate in what is now Lakewood, Washington. It consists of three buildings, including Thornewood Castle. Each building is privately owned by different parties and include the great hall or "castle", the former garage or carriage house, and the former lodge house.

Gravelly Lake

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gravelly Lake is a lake located in Lakewood in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The lake is fed by groundwater and has no surface drainage channels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Lewis and Steilacoom.

Fort Lewis

Town

Photo: Squelle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord.

Steilacoom

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Steilacoom, a small town of 6,400 people on the southern Puget Sound, is the oldest incorporated town in Washington state. It has 4 buildings and sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the oldest Catholic church in the state and the first Protestant church north of the Columbia River.

Lakewood

Town

Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.

Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 63,612 at the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city in the county, behind Tacoma, and is a suburban bedroom community.

American Lake Seaplane Base

Categories: seaplane base and transportation
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.14039° or 47° 8′ 25″ north

Longitude

-122.56128° or 122° 33′ 41″ west

Elevation

259 feet (79 metres)

Open location code

84VV4CRQ+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8238974136

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=aerodrome

GeoNames ID

5785628

Wikidata ID

Q49744893

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“American Lake Seaplane Base” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “American Lake Seaplane Base”
French: “hydroaérodrome d’American Lake”
French: “Hydroaérodrome d’American Lake”
French: “W37”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Silcox Island and Lake City.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include American Lake Seaplane Base and Lake City Community Church.

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