Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery located in Tacoma, Washington. It is the only Catholic cemetery in Tacoma. Its size is 55 acres. Calvary Cemetery was incorporated in October 1905.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Tahoma High School and South Tacoma station.

Mount Tahoma High School

School

Mount Tahoma High School is a high school in Tacoma, Washington. It opened in 1961 and is a part of the Tacoma Public Schools. The school's mascot is the Thunderbird as a Native American symbolism for power, protection, and strength. Mount Tahoma High School is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Calvary Cemetery.

South Tacoma station

Railway station

Photo: Kgrr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Tacoma station is a commuter rail station in Tacoma, Washington, United States, served by the S Line of the Sounder commuter rail network. It is located near the Tacoma Mall along South Tacoma Way at South 56th Street and consists of a single platform and a 220-stall park-and-ride lot. South Tacoma station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Calvary Cemetery.

Tacoma Mall

Shopping center

The Tacoma Mall is the largest shopping center in Tacoma, Washington, United States, and is owned and operated by the Simon Property Group. Anchor tenants include Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, and Nordstrom, with one vacant and demolished anchor last occupied by Sears, which opened in 1981. Tacoma Mall is situated 2½ miles northeast of Calvary Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakewood and Fircrest.

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. Lakewood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Calvary Cemetery.

Fircrest

Village

Fircrest is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 7,156 at the 2020 census. Fircrest is situated 2½ miles north of Calvary Cemetery.

University Place

Town

Photo: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0.

University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 3 miles northwest of Calvary Cemetery.

Calvary Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery located in Tacoma, Washington
Category: burial
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.19253° or 47° 11′ 33″ north

Longitude

-122.50498° or 122° 30′ 18″ west

Elevation

253 feet (77 metres)

Open location code

84VV5FVW+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25103297

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5788810

Wikidata ID

Q5024159

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