Point Defiance Park

Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a large urban park. The 760-acre park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry…

Photo: Crash Dalco, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Nisqually and Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

Fort Nisqually

Fort

Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Zoo

Photo: Takinzinnia, CC0.

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is located in Tacoma, Washington, US, and is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest. PDZA is owned by Metro Parks Tacoma.

Fire Station No. 14

Fire station

Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.

Fire Station No. 14 is a fire station located at 4701 Forty–first Street in Tacoma, Washington. The architect was Morton J. Nicholson and the station was built in 1928 by Martin H. Fire Station No. 14 is situated 2 miles southeast of Point Defiance Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruston and Tahlequah.

Ruston

Village

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ruston is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,055 at the 2020 census. Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of Tacoma, the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a company town.

Tahlequah

Hamlet

Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Tahlequah is situated 2 miles northeast of Point Defiance Park.

Gig Harbor

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gig Harbor is a city on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington State, just across the dramatic Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Tacoma, making it the southern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Peninsula.

Point Defiance Park

Type: Park
Description: urban park in Tacoma, Washington
Categories: regional park and urban park
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.30788° or 47° 18′ 28″ north

Longitude

-122.53096° or 122° 31′ 52″ west

Elevation

223 feet (68 metres)

Open location code

84VV8F59+5J

GeoNames ID

5807091

Wikidata ID

Q7208006

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In Other Languages

“Point Defiance Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Point Defiance Park”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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