Destinations · Washington
Tacoma
WA · 47.2410, -122.4600
Chinook Scenic Byway and Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 are signed byways within 30 miles of Tacoma, Washington.
Understand
Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, called təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Puget Sound Salish dialect. In the late 19th century, the city was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, influenced by its deep-water harbor at Commencement Bay, which became Washington's largest port. The city gained notoriety in 1940 for the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which earned the nickname "Galloping Gertie" due to the vertical movement of the deck during windy conditions.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Tacoma are growing. What is within reach 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
- Chinook Scenic Byway · 22 mi · national
- Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 · 25 mi · national
National parks
- Mount Rainier National Park · 22 mi
Public land
Lookouts
- South Beach Drive Road End · 23 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 25 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 25 mi
- Point White Pier · 25 mi
Named places
- Buffalo Soldiers Museum · 0 mi
- Stanley Playfield · 0 mi
- Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm) · 0 mi
- Irving Park · 0 mi
- Sheridan Park · 0 mi
- Peck Community Sports Park · 1 mi
- Ferry Park · 1 mi
- Ferry Park · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Fife · 5 mi
- South Sound · 6 mi
- Federal Way · 8 mi
- Gig Harbor · 8 mi
- Steilacoom · 8 mi
- Puyallup · 9 mi