Information about Tacoma and Pierce County, Washington

• Tacoma and Pierce County information
• Other local city websites
• Education
• Libraries
• Arts and entertainment in Pierce County
• Parks departments
• Natural resources
• Places to take out of town guests
• Transportation

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Tacoma and Pierce County information

City of Tacoma's website:  Take a tour of Tacoma in pictures, see a list of things to do in Tacoma, get info about business opportunities, city utilities, building permits, and more. http://www.cityoftacoma.org/10Home/default.asp

AllTacoma.com:  http://www.alltacoma.com/

Pierce County's website:  http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/

Historic Tacoma:  http://www.cityoftacoma.org/22historic.

Tacoma-Pierce County Visitors and Convention Bureau:  http://www.tpctourism.org/.

Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce:  http://www.tacomachamber.org/

SouthSound.com, a service of the News Tribune:  http://www.southsound.com/

Puget Sound area information:  http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/puget/Puget_Sound.htm

Western Washington website:  http://www.westernwashington.com/

Washington state's homepage:  http://access.wa.gov/

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Other local city websites

Gig Harbor:  http://www.ci.gig-harbor.wa.us/

Puyallup:  http://www.ci.puyallup.wa.us/

University Place:  http://www.ci.university-place.wa.us/

Lakewood:  http://www.ci.lakewood.wa.us/

Steilacoom:  http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/cities/stbanner.htm

Fife:  http://www.ci.fife.wa.us/

Education

Local school districts:

• Tacoma School District No. 10
• Puyallup School District
• Clover Park
• Franklin Pierce
• Peninsula
• Sumner
• University Place
• Steilacoom

Higher Education

• City University
• Evergreen State College
• Green River Community College
• Pacific Lutheran University
• Pierce College
• Seattle University Law School (formerly UPS Law School)
• St. Martins College
• Tacoma Community College
• University of Puget Sound
• University of Washington-Tacoma

• Clover Park Technical College
• Bates Technical College

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Libraries

Tacoma Public Library:  http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/.

Pierce County Libraries:  http://www.pcl.lib.wa.us/.

Other local libraries: http://www.cityoftacoma.org/21EduRef.

Arts and entertainment in Pierce County

The City of Tacoma's arts information:  http://www.cityoftacoma.org/22thearts/default.asp.

Performing arts and entertainment in Pierce County:  http://www.tpctourism.org/press/perart.htm

Art Guide Northwest:  http://artguidenw.com/

Broadway Center for the Performing Arts:  http://www.broadwaycenter.org

The Grand Cinema:  http://www.grandcinema.com

The Museum of Glass:  http://www.museumofglass.org/s99_home.jsp

Tacoma Art Museum:  http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/

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Parks departments

City of Tacoma Parks and Recreation Department:  http://www.tacomaparks.com.

Pierce County Parks and Recreation:  http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/abtus/ourorg/parks/parks.htm

Washington state parks:  http://www.parks.wa.gov/

Natural resources

Mt. Rainier National Park:  http://www.nps.gov/mora/home.htm

Mount St. Helens:  http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/

Point Defiance Park:  http://www.tacomaparks.com/parks&gardens/Point_defiance.htm

Outdoor activities in Washington state, including hiking, bicycling, kayaking, and many other outdoor activities:  http://www.tourism.wa.gov/StatewideCategory.asp?cat=2

Washington state parks:  http://www.parks.wa.gov/

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Places to take out-of-town guests

Washington state tourism:  lots of information about Washington state cultural attractions, outdoor attractions, lodging, festivals, and facts:  http://www.tourism.wa.gov/index2.asp

Famous places in Washington state:  includes the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, the Olympic Peninsula, and many other places around the state:  http://www.experiencewashington.com/StatewideCategory.asp?cat=1

The Tacoma Pierce County Visitors and Convention Bureau:  http://www.cityoftacoma.org/25Visitors/default.asp

Local museums:  http://www.cityoftacoma.org/23ToDo/museums.htm.

Tacoma attractions:  http://www.cityoftacoma.org/23ToDo/museums.htm.

Point Defiance Zoo:  http://www.pdza.org/default.html

Washington State Historical Society Museum:  http://www.wshs.org/wshm/index.htm

Seattle:  http://www.cityofseattle.net/html/visitor/tourism.htm

The Northwest Recreation Page:  http://www.halcyon.com/richardc/.

A list of lodging associations in Washington state:  http://www.tourism.wa.gov/Accomodations.asp?nav=1

Washington Festivals and Events Association:  http://www.wfea.org/

Transportation

Pierce Transit bus system:  http://www.ptbus.pierce.wa.us/

Washington state ferries:  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/index.cfm

Traffic cams:  okay, so the traffic's bad, but the scenery is beautiful!  http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/PugetSoundTraffic/cameras

Washington state tourism department's transportation section:  http://www.tourism.wa.gov/Transportation.asp

Sound Transit:  http://www.soundtransit.org/

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