Pacific Northwest
Washington
Pierce

Tanglewood Island

Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of in . 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.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Ellen’s Isle”, “Ellens Isle”, “Grant Island”, “Grave Island”, “Graveyard Island”, and “Hoska Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fox Island School.

Building
Photo: Hedwig in Washington, CC BY 3.0.
The is a former public school in Fox Island, Washington. On 15. July 1987 the National Register of Historic Places listed the building under the reference number 87001167 as a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fox Island and Artondale.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the , in the of state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.

Town
is a census-designated place in , United States. The population was 13,641 at the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles north of Tanglewood Island.

Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city on the in the of . It lies just across the dramatic Tacoma Narrows Bridge from , making it the southern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and the .

Tanglewood Island

Latitude
47.2675° or 47° 16′ 3″ north
Longitude
-122.64193° or 122° 38′ 31″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
84VV7995+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 18713286
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5813058
Wiki­data ID
Q2392507
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Persian—“Tanglewood Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tanglewood Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, Washington)”
  • Cebuano: “Tanglewood Island”
  • French: “île Tanglewood”
  • French: “Île Tanglewood”
  • German: “Tanglewood Island”
  • Low German: “Verenigten Staten vun Amerika”
  • Persian: “جزیره تنگلوود”
  • “Tanglewood Island”

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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 “Tanglewood Island”. Photo: Kris, CC BY 2.0.