Silcox Island
Silcox Island is an inhabited island in American Lake in Pierce County, Washington. It is in the city of Lakewood, Washington. Although the island has had homes built on it, it is still mostly forested.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thornewood and Madigan Army Medical Center.
Thornewood
Guest house
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thornewood is an English Gothic estate in what is now Lakewood, Washington. It consists of three buildings, including Thornewood Castle, which was built from the brick of a dismantled 15th-century house imported from England.
Madigan Army Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Madigan Army Medical Center, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside Lakewood, Washington, is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the United States.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Lewis and Steilacoom.
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.
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.
Silcox Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in American Lake in Pierce County, Washington, United States
- Categories: lake island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.12884° or 47° 7′ 44″ northLongitude
-122.56474° or 122° 33′ 53″ westElevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
84VV4CHP+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 5094134OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5810383Wikidata ID
Q30744354
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Silcox Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Silcox Island”
- French: “île Silcox”
- French: “Île Silcox”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Silcox Island”. Photo: Veterans Health, Public domain.