Turning Basin
Turning Basin is a harbor in Pierce, Washington. Turning Basin is situated nearby to the village Fife Heights, as well as near the neighborhood Northeast Tacoma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include U.S. Oil and Refining and Northwest Detention Center.
U.S. Oil and Refining
U.S. Oil & Refining Co. is an oil refinery located in the tideflats of Tacoma, Washington.Northwest Detention Center
Prison
Photo: Amythewillowprincess, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northwest Detention Center is a privately-run detention center located in the Tideflats of the City of Tacoma, Washington, USA. The detention center is operated by the GEO Group on behalf of the U.S. Northwest Detention Center is situated 2 miles west of Turning Basin.
Illahee Middle School
School
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, United States and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, its population was 101,030 at the 2020 census. Illahee Middle School is situated 2½ miles northeast of Turning Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fife and Northeast Tacoma.
Fife
Photo: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fife is a town of 11,000 people on the southern Puget Sound of Washington State. Fife, an eastern suburb of Tacoma, consists primarily of businesses such as car dealerships, warehousing and industrial facilities, motels, drive-through smoke shops, quick-dining restaurants, a Native American casino, and various other highway-side businesses.
Northeast Tacoma
Neighborhood
Northeast Tacoma is a neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington. The generally accepted borders of Northeast Tacoma are the Port of Tacoma to the southwest, the unincorporated Fife Heights area to the southeast, the end of incorporated Tacoma at the Browns Point border to the northwest, and the King County border to the northeast. Northeast Tacoma is situated 2 miles north of Turning Basin.
Downtown Tacoma
Quarter
Downtown is the central business district of Tacoma, Washington, United States, located in the inner Northeast section of the city. It is approximately bounded east-west by A Street and Tacoma Avenue, and north-south by South 7th Street and South 25th Street. Downtown Tacoma is situated 3 miles west of Turning Basin.
Turning Basin
- Type: Harbor
- Category: transportation
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.25593° or 47° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-122.37873° or 122° 22′ 43″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
84VV7J4C+9GGeoNames ID
5814158
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