Towhead Island
Towhead Island is a park in Pierce, Washington. Towhead Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Warren, as well as near Cromwell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tanglewood Island and Fox Island School.
Tanglewood Island
Islet
Tanglewood Island is a small island in Hale Passage off the northern shore of Fox Island in Pierce County, Washington. 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.
Fox Island School
Building
Photo: Hedwig in Washington, CC BY 3.0.
The Fox Island School 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. Fox Island School is situated 2 miles southeast of Towhead Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artondale and Fox Island.
Artondale
Town
Artondale is a census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 13,641 at the 2020 census. Artondale is situated 2 miles northeast of Towhead Island.
Fox Island
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fox Island is a 5.2 square mile island off the south end of the Kitsap Peninsula, in the Puget Sound of Washington state, across from the Tacoma "Narrows". It is semi-rural, with bridge access from Gig Harbor.
Gig Harbor
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gig Harbor is a city on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound of Washington State. It lies just across the dramatic Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Tacoma, making it the southern gateway to the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Peninsula.
Towhead Island
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Towhead Island Park”
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.27402° or 47° 16′ 27″ northLongitude
-122.65085° or 122° 39′ 3″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
84VV78FX+JMOpenStreetMap ID
way 31154312OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5813810
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