Ponders Park
Ponders Park is a park in Pierce, Washington. Ponders Park is situated nearby to the forest Porter Woods, as well as near Carter Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gravelly Lake and Lakewold Gardens.
Gravelly Lake
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gravelly Lake is a lake located in Lakewood in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The lake is fed by groundwater and has no surface drainage channels.
Lakewold Gardens
Park
Photo: Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lakewold Gardens is a 10-acre non-profit estate garden located at 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood, Washington, in an area known as the Lakes District. It is open to visitors year-round. Lakewold Gardens is situated 1 mile northwest of Ponders Park.
McChord Field
Aerodrome
McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord AFB is the home of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the airbase's primary mission being worldwide strategic airlift. McChord Field is situated 2 miles east of Ponders Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakewood and Fort Lewis.
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 north of Ponders Park.
Fort Lewis
Town
Photo: Squelle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Lewis is a United States Army base located 9.1 miles south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. Fort Lewis was merged with McChord Air Force Base on February 1, 2010, to form Joint Base Lewis–McChord. Fort Lewis is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ponders Park.
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.
Ponders Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Pierce, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.13925° or 47° 8′ 21″ northLongitude
-122.52262° or 122° 31′ 21″ westOpen location code
84VV4FQG+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 692436735OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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