Pierce College
Pierce College is a public community college system in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It comprises two primary colleges, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood and Pierce College Puyallup in Puyallup, and two additional learning centers.Photo: SouthHillEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: College
- Description: community college district in Washington State, USA
- Also known as: “PC Fort Steilacoom”, “Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom”, “Pierce College (Washington)”, and “pierce.ctc.edu”
- Address: 9401 Farwest Drive Southwest, Lakewood, WA 98498
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waughop Lake and Fort Steilacoom Park.
Waughop Lake
Lake
Waughop Lake is a lake less than 1.6 km east of Steilacoom in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The lake lies within Fort Steilacoom Park, in the city of Lakewood, Washington.
Fort Steilacoom Park
Park
Photo: Travisl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington is the largest park in the city. The 340-acre park includes Waughop Lake, an off-leash dog park, and several soccer fields and baseball fields.
Western State Hospital
Hospital
Western State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard SW in Lakewood, Washington. Administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services, it is a large facility with 806 beds, and Washington's second-oldest state-owned enterprise. Western State Hospital is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Pierce College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steilacoom and Lakewood.
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.
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 2½ miles east of Pierce College.
University Place
Town
Photo: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0.
University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Its population was 34,866 at the 2020 census. University Place received its name in the 1800s when the University of Puget Sound, a private liberal-arts college in North Tacoma, purchased land along the primary north–south route of Grandview Drive. University Place is situated 4 miles northeast of Pierce College.
Pierce College
- Categories: community college district and education
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.17171° or 47° 10′ 18″ northLongitude
-122.57144° or 122° 34′ 17″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Branch
Fort SteilacoomOperator
Pierce CollegeOpen location code
84VV5CCH+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 25103429OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=collegeWikidata ID
Q7191780
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In Other Languages
From Russian to Urdu—“Pierce College” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Колледж Пирса (Вашингтон)”
- Russian: “Колледж Пирса”
- Urdu: “پیئرس کالج”
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