Destinations · Washington
Steilacoom
WA · 47.1700, -122.5940
From Steilacoom, Washington, Byway's registries place 14 scenic byways, 1 national park and 1 public land unit within 30 miles.
Understand
Steilacoom was founded by Lafayette Balch, a sea captain from Maine, and incorporated as a town in 1854. When the United States Congress established the Washington Territory on March 2, 1853, Governor Isaac Stevens chose Steilacoom to be the seat of Pierce County. Steilacoom's main source of early prosperity was the manufacture and export of lumber to San Francisco.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Steilacoom are growing. The weave below is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE · 10 mi
- JCT SR 706 VIC ELBE TO JCT SR 507 VIC SPANAWAY · 10 mi
- POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH · 10 mi
- JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL · 17 mi
- JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR · 21 mi
- JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA · 21 mi
National parks
- Mount Rainier National Park · 26 mi
Public land
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest · 30 mi
Lookouts
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 25 mi
- South Beach Drive Road End · 28 mi
- Dam Overlook · 29 mi
- Point White Pier · 30 mi
Named places
- Steilacoom Historical Museum · 0 mi
- First Protestant Church Monument · 0 mi
- Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center and Museum · 0 mi
- Washington State Historical Road #1 (Byrd Mill Road) · 0 mi
- First Pierce County Courthouse · 0 mi
- Abitibi Paper Mill Site · 1 mi
- Chambers Mill Site · 1 mi
- Bahá'ulláh & The Báb Commemorative Plaque · 1 mi
A day out of Steilacoom, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Private beta · Free to join
Take the scenic way to Steilacoom.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Anderson Island · 5 mi
- Longbranch · 8 mi
- Tacoma · 8 mi
- South Sound · 9 mi
- Lakebay · 10 mi
- Gig Harbor · 11 mi