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Parks Tacoma Headquarters

Parks Tacoma Headquarters from directly overhead

Parks Tacoma Headquarters is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is DeLong Park, a park 0.4 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 4.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Metro Parks Tacoma
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.24133, -122.50020

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • DeLong Park: 0.4 mi
  • China Lake Park: 0.6 mi
  • George Masko Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fircrest Park: 0.7 mi
  • Oakland Madrona Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Proctor Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Experimental Gardens: 2.0 mi
  • Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm): 2.0 mi
  • Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Tacoma RC Raceway: 2.0 mi
  • The Eagles Nest: 2.1 mi
  • Trung Nguyen Billard: 3.0 mi
  • Uncorked Canvas: 3.1 mi
  • Abandoned Car: 3.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Dalmation Trout: 2.1 mi
  • Manny Ellis Mural: 2.4 mi
  • The Leaf: 2.6 mi
  • Trilogy Statue: 2.7 mi
  • Fisherman’s Daughter: 2.7 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Kay Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Porter Hills: 7.2 mi
  • Ford Hill: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Titlow Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Owen Beach: 5.1 mi
  • South Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Main Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 7
  • Garrison Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Victor Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Parks Tacoma Headquarters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillNE 43°167 m6.0 mi
Kelly HillSSW 201°140 m13.4 mi
Bare HillSSW 211°136 m13.3 mi
Eastman HillS 183°132 m13.0 mi
Folsom HillS 182°130 m13.1 mi
Swift HillSSW 200°130 m13.4 mi
Beal HillSSW 208°128 m12.8 mi
Berger HillS 183°127 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1520:2321:11
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5515:3116:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1427241080

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