Steilacoom Waterway

Steilacoom Waterway is a bay in Pierce, Washington. Steilacoom Waterway is situated nearby to the neighborhood Meadows West, as well as near SeaView.

Type: Bay
Also known as: “Heath Bay”
Address: WA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Western State Hospital and Pierce College.

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.

Pierce College

College

Photo: SouthHillEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Fort Steilacoom Park

Park

Photo: Travisl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington is the largest park in the city. The 340-acre park includes Waughop Lake, an off-leash dog park, and several soccer fields and baseball fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Steilacoom and University Place.

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.

University Place

Town

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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.

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.

Steilacoom Waterway

Category: body of water
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.19323° or 47° 11′ 36″ north

Longitude

-122.57312° or 122° 34′ 23″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

84VV5CVG+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369030140

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

5812096

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Localities in the Area

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