Tillicum

Tillicum is a hamlet in Pierce, Washington. Tillicum is situated nearby to the hamlet Silcox Island, as well as near the neighborhood Woodbrook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornewood and Madigan Army Medical Center.

Thornewood

Guest house

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Thornewood is an English Gothic estate in what is now Lakewood, Washington. It consists of three buildings, including Thornewood Castle. Each building is privately owned by different parties and include the great hall or "castle", the former garage or carriage house, and the former lodge house.

Madigan Army Medical Center

Hospital

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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. Lakewold Gardens is situated 1½ miles northeast of Tillicum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Lewis and Lakewood.

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.

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 3½ miles northeast of Tillicum.

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.

Tillicum

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

47.12412° or 47° 7′ 27″ north

Longitude

-122.5543° or 122° 33′ 16″ west

Elevation

276 feet (84 metres)

Open location code

84VV4CFW+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150977748

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5813564

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