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Refreshed website launched 

 

Finding your way through our parks just got a whole lot easier! We updated our website to better connect you with...



Know and respect wildlife laws to avoid costly penalties

 

Do you ever wonder why some laws prohibit seemingly harmless acts, such as feeding bread crumbs to geese, or sharing your leftover picnic scraps with wildlife?

Maybe you weren't even aware that it's illegal to feed...



Surf's up - Wave pool Grand Opening on June 23 

 

Join us June 23 for the Grand Opening of Kandle Pool-Pierce County's first wave pool! Festivities begin at...



Park launches new services for visitors

 

For the first time in Point Defiance Park's history, visitors have a central location
to learn all about the park's extensive...



Destination Point Defiance

 

Love Point Defiance Park? Through June 15, we're conducting a survey
to help create user-friendly park access through...



Strategic Plan Update available online and in library 

 

Printed copies of the 2012 Strategic Plan Update, Green Vision 2030, which was adopted by the board are now available in the...


South Tacoma Farmers Market at STAR Center

 

The lively Sunday Market has relocated to the STAR Center, bringing fresh, local
foods to the...



Cute cubs and wolf pups steal the spotlight

 

A pair of adorable Clouded leopard cubs and a litter of endangered Red wolf pups put Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in the national spotlight this spring.

Not only are the cubs and the pups...


Celebrate Trails Day June 2

 

Visit Point Defiance or Titlow parks at 9am on June 2 to help maintain trails, renovate the parks and have fun...



Fort Nisqually launches summer-long visiting artisan program  

 

Fort Nisqually Living History Museum announces Crafts of the Past, a new summer-long...


Rock the Bowl while visiting EQC Taste of Tacoma.  

 

We're filling Point Defiance's bowl area with fun, fresh, cool experiences! Visit the
EQC Taste of Tacoma and then...



Get in the game-it's time to sign up for fall sports   

 

Start planning now for fall youth flag football and soccer leagues.
The NYSA soccer
program and NYSA/NFL flag football
program provides...

 

 

 

June 1 & 2
Metro Arts Presents Peter Pan

June 2 & 3
Trek Trails Weekend

June 2 & 3
Crafts of the Past

 June 2
Trails Day

June 3
Tiptoe Through Tidepools

June 5
Explore the Shore

June 8 & 9
Metro Arts Presents Peter Pan

June 9
National Marina Day

June 9
Spring Vegetable Garden Starter Sale

June 9 & 10
Free Fishing Weekend

June 9 & 10

Crafts of the Past

June 10
Second Sunday Music Series


June 15 & 16
E.T.'s 30th Birthday Party!

June 16 & 17
Crafts of the Past

June 16
Point Defiance Marina Beach Clean Up

June 16
Canine Couture

June 16

What's Cooking at Fort Nisqually

June 21
Explore the Shore

June 23
Kandle Pool Grand Opening

June 23
Shoreline Clean Up Day

June 23 & 24
Slug Fest

June 23 & 24
Crafts of the Past

June 27
Williams Nine Family Wednesdays

June 28
Summer Rose Pruning

June 28
Story Hour at the Conservatory

June 29, 30 & July 1
EQC Taste of Tacoma

June 29, 30 & July 1
 Rock the Bowl at Point D

June 30 & July 1

Crafts of the Past
 

 

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Camps make summertime super fun!

 



Metro Parks offers camps for kids of all ages ranging from sports to arts to dance to nature and they're built for weeks of fun!

Visit the website: MetroParksTacoma.org/camps,
to find complete details about every camp, plus links
to register online!