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Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is a large urban park.The 760-acre (3.1 km 2) park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route to Vashon Island, Fort Nisqually, an off-leash dog park, and most notably about 400 acres ...
Award-winning fairy garden, lots of free events at 2024 Point Defiance garden festival A door takes shape in the fairy garden at Point Defiance Park, on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Tacoma. Brian ...
The Point Defiance–Tahlequah ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between the Point Defiance ferry terminal in Tacoma and Tahlequah, Washington, on the southern tip of Vashon Island. Since 1951 the only ferries employed on the route have belonged to the Washington state ferry system , currently the largest ferry system in the United States.
Defiance boat trailer parking lot, in front of the parks maintenance and greenhouse facility, to the south of the Ferry Dock, the Tacoma Yacht Club, and Anthony's Diner. In the summer of 2015, the portable classrooms were moved to Pt. Defiance's Camp Six, the former site of a logging museum.
Where: Point Defiance Park, near main entrance, 5400 N. Pearl Street, Tacoma. Tickets: Display gardens and entertainment are free. Tickets can be purchased for lectures ($15), tours ($18) and ...
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
The county must move the ferry embarkation site by Jan. 1, but as officials scramble to make arrangements, residents and business owners near the new boat landing worry that parking and traffic ...
Point Defiance is a protected area of natural, historical, and recreational features in the greater Tacoma region of the U.S. state of Washington. The Point is within the North Tacoma district of Tacoma in Pierce County. Point Defiance Park is one of the largest urban regional parks in the United States, and is operated by Metro Parks Tacoma