Magnolia Heights

Places of Interest

Tacoma Narrows Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Marshall Stax, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tacoma Narrows Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located 5 mi west of the central business district of Tacoma, a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

Tacoma Narrows Bridges

Bridge

Photo: Lderendi, Public domain.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 over the strait. Tacoma Narrows Bridges is situated 2 miles east of Magnolia Heights.

Tanglewood Island

Islet

Photo: Kris, CC BY 2.0.

Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington. It was originally called Grave Island and was sacred to the Nisqually Indians, who for decades practiced tree burials by placing their honored dead in dugout canoes high in the fir trees. Tanglewood Island is situated 2 miles west of Magnolia Heights.

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Fox Island

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

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 4 miles southeast of Magnolia Heights.

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