Ponders Corner

Ponders Corner is a hamlet in Pierce, Washington. Ponders Corner is situated nearby to the neighborhood Garden Park, as well as near Springbrook Lane Townhomes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gravelly Lake and Lakewold Gardens.

Gravelly Lake

Lake

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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.

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.

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. McChord Field is situated 2 miles east of Ponders Corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakewood and Fort Lewis.

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. Lakewood is situated 2 miles north of Ponders Corner.

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. Fort Lewis is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ponders Corner.

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.

Ponders Corner

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Ponder” and “Ponders”
Category: locality
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.14093° or 47° 8′ 27″ north

Longitude

-122.52631° or 122° 31′ 35″ west

Elevation

282 feet (86 metres)

Open location code

84VV4FRF+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150955701

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5807185

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