Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is located in Tacoma, Washington, US, and is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, PDZA is owned by Metro Parks Tacoma.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: comments@pdza.org
- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in the United States
- Address: 5400 North Pearl Street, Tacoma, WA 98407
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Nisqually and Fire Station No. 14.
Fort Nisqually
Fort
Photo: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department. Fort Nisqually is situated 2,800 feet west of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Fire Station No. 14
Fire station
Photo: Murderbike, Public domain.
Fire Station No. 14 is a fire station located at 4701 Forty–first Street in Tacoma, Washington. The architect was Morton J. Nicholson and the station was built in 1928 by Martin H. Fire Station No. 14 is situated 1½ miles southeast of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruston and Tahlequah.
Ruston
Village
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ruston is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,055 at the 2020 census. Although it is nearly indistinguishable from the adjacent city of Tacoma, the predominantly residential area still retains its status as a separate municipality long after it ceased to be a company town.
Tahlequah
Hamlet
Vashon is a census-designated place in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Tahlequah is situated 2 miles north of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Proctor District
Neighborhood
The Proctor District is a business district in the north end of Tacoma, Washington. Primarily a center for locals to shop, the District has cultivated a small town "urban village" character. Proctor District is situated 3 miles southeast of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.30508° or 47° 18′ 18″ northLongitude
-122.52133° or 122° 31′ 17″ westOpen location code
84VV8F4H+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 370123994OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7208007
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Navajo—“Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات و حوض الاسماك نقطه التحدى”
- French: “zoo et aquarium de Point Defiance”
- French: “Zoo et Aquarium de Point Defiance”
- German: “Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium”
- Japanese: “ポイントデファイアンス動物園&水族館”
- Japanese: “ポイントデファイアンス動物園”
- Navajo: “Dziłátah Tiní Yaayíidi naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium”. Photo: Takinzinnia, CC0.