Carter Lake

Carter Lake is a lake in Pierce, Washington. Carter Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Ponders Corner, as well as near the neighborhood Woodbrook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include McChord Field and Lakewold Gardens.

McChord Field

Aerodrome

McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift.

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.

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 Lakewood.

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.

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.

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.

Carter Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.13253° or 47° 7′ 57″ north

Longitude

-122.52477° or 122° 31′ 29″ west

Elevation

279 feet (85 metres)

Open location code

84VV4FMG+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 829879460

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

5789262

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