Gibson Point
Gibson Point is a cape in Pierce, Washington. Gibson Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Hope, as well as near Pioneer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Patterson Point” and “Point Gibson”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fox Island and University Place.
Fox Island
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Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
University Place
Town
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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.
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.
Gibson Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.21836° or 47° 13′ 6″ northLongitude
-122.60437° or 122° 36′ 16″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
84VV699W+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 13417176812OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5795428Wikidata ID
Q137636197
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