Parks in Tacoma

Ruston Way Park

Dickman Mill Park

Kandle Park

City park offering playgrounds, skate dots, picnic sites, a community garden & an outdoor pool.

McKinley Park

Green space with 26+ acres sporting tree-lined trails, a 7-acre dog park, 2 playgrounds & a pond.

Swan Creek Park

Park with trails for walking & mountain biking, a community garden, wooded canyon & upland forests.

Vassault Park

Franklin Park

Wright Park

Greenspace with a vast collection of trees, plus a trail, playgrounds, sport courts & picnic areas.

Point Defiance Park

Large park with the Point Defiance zoo & aquarium, hikes in an old-growth forest, gardens & beaches.

People's Park

Jefferson Park

15-acre community green area with a sprayground, sports fields & a field house, plus picnic tables.

Titlow Park

75-acre park with extensive beach frontage, a kids' spray park, playgrounds, trails & tennis courts.

Cummings Park

Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park

Waterfront park created as an appeasement for the violent expulsion of Chinese residents in 1885.

Wapato Park

Urban park featuring a woodland area, a lake, walking trail & dog park, plus a historic pergola.

Puget Creek Natural Area