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China Lake

Features You'll Find:
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  • NATURAL FEATURES
    • Lake / Pond
  • ADDITIONAL FEATURES
    • Parking Stalls
    • Parking Stalls / ADA
    • Trail / Soft
Hours:

Open ½ hour before sunrise
Close ½ hour after sunset

1811 S. Shirley St.
Tacoma, WA 98465

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This 11 acre park is largely undeveloped and contains one of the largest lakes within city limits.

The first parcel for this park was acquired in 1943.

PARK IMPROVEMENTS
2013
- Work is planned to make water quality and wetland improvements as compensatory mitigation within the drainage basins surrounding State Route 16. Funding is a $100,000 grant from the State Department of Transportation accepted by the Park board on resolution C21-06 Feb. 27, 2006.