Point Defiance Park

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View from Point Defiance Park circa 1916
View from Point Defiance Park circa 1916[1]
Rose Garden at Point Defiance Park
Rose Garden at Point Defiance Park

Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The 702 acre park includes Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Camp Six logging exhibit, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock, Fort Nisqually, and most notably a stand of old-growth forest. More than two million people visit it every year.


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Coordinates: 47°19′N 122°32′W / 47.31, -122.53