Gordon Point

Gordon Point is a cape in Pierce, Washington. Gordon Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Above The Sound, as well as near The Bradford.

Type: Cape
Description: cape on Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington state, United States of America
Also known as: “Qulam Point”, “Salter’s Point”, and “Salters Point”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Steilacoom Catholic Church and Pierce College.

Steilacoom Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.

The Steilacoom Catholic Church is a Latin Catholic church in Steilacoom, Washington, United States. It was originally built in 1855 near Fort Steilacoom, but was moved to its present location in 1864.

Pierce College

College

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Pierce College is a public community college system in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It comprises two primary colleges, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood and Pierce College Puyallup in Puyallup, and two additional learning centers.

Western State Hospital

Hospital

Western State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard SW in Lakewood, Washington. Administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, it is a large facility with 806 beds, and Washington's second-oldest state-owned enterprise.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Steilacoom and Lakewood.

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.

DuPont

Town

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DuPont is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,151 at the 2020 census. Originally a company town, the city is named after the DuPont chemical company which operated an explosives manufacturing plant in the area from 1909 to 1975.

Gordon Point

Category: landform
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.16867° or 47° 10′ 7″ north

Longitude

-122.61313° or 122° 36′ 47″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

84VV599P+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13419319312

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

5795847

Wikidata ID

Q137640760

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Highlights include Saltar’s Point Park and Steilacoom Marina.

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