Wollochet Bay
Wollochet Bay is the name of a narrow long and shallow bay in southern Puget Sound in the state of Washington. The bay is located on the southern part of the Kitsap Peninsula, and opens onto the southern Hale Passage separating Fox Island from the Kitsap Peninsula, near Gig Harbor.- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Pierce County, Washington state, United States of America
- Also known as: “Vanderford’s Harbor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tacoma Narrows Airport and Tacoma Narrows Bridges.
Tacoma Narrows Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Marshall Stax, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tacoma Narrows Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located 5 mi west of the central business district of Tacoma, a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Tacoma Narrows Bridges
Bridge
Photo: Lderendi, Public domain.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 over the strait. Tacoma Narrows Bridges is situated 2½ miles east of Wollochet Bay.
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. Tanglewood Island is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wollochet Bay.
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 northwest of Wollochet Bay.
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.
Wollochet Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Wollochet Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wollochet Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bayview and East Cromwell.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sullivan Gulch and Hale Passage.
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