Tacoma, WA Hotels

Near Tacoma

Fife WA Hotels - 1 mi / 2 km
Lakewood WA Hotels - 7 mi / 11 km
Federal Way WA Hotels - 7 mi / 12 km
Puyallup WA Hotels - 7 mi / 12 km
Gig Harbor WA Hotels - 10 mi / 16 km
Auburn WA Hotels - 10 mi / 17 km
Des Moines WA Hotels - 12 mi / 19 km
Seatac WA Hotels - 13 mi / 21 km
Kent WA Hotels - 14 mi / 23 km
Seattle WA Hotels - 15 mi / 23 km
Dupont WA Hotels - 15 mi / 24 km
Tukwila WA Hotels - 17 mi / 28 km
Renton WA Hotels - 18 mi / 29 km
Enumclaw WA Hotels - 21 mi / 34 km
Lacey WA Hotels - 23 mi / 37 km
Port Orchard WA Hotels - 23 mi / 37 km
Bremerton WA Hotels - 26 mi / 41 km
Issaquah WA Hotels - 27 mi / 44 km
Bainbridge Island WA Hotels - 28 mi / 44 km
Bellevue WA Hotels - 28 mi / 45 km

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This is the current conditions weather report for Tacoma. The report was made 37 minutes ago, at 06:55 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 7 miles per hour / 11.1 kilometers per hour from the south (190°). The temperature was 46°F / 8°C, with a dew-point at 46°F / 8°C. The temperature felt like 43°F / 6°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.15 inHg / 1022 hPa. The relative humidity was 82%. The skies were overcast.

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in Washington, USA. The city is situated on a peninsula on the southern end of Washington's Puget Sound, in an area 51 km (32 miles) southwest of Seattle, 50 km (31 miles) northeast of the State capital, Olympia, and 93 km (58 miles) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. According to 2006 Washington State OFM estimates, Tacoma has an estimated population of 199,600. Tacoma stands as the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area, the third-largest in the state, and the seat of government of Pierce County.

Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, which was originally called Mount Tacoma or Mount Tahoma. It is known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the site of the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 1800s. The decision of the railroad was influenced in part because of Tacoma's neighboring Commencement Bay. By connecting the bay with the railroad Tacoma�s motto became �When rails meet sails.� Today Commencement Bay serves the Port of Tacoma, a major player in international trade on the Pacific Coast.

Like most central cities, Tacoma suffered a prolonged decline in the mid-20th century as a result of suburbanization, divestment, and federal urban renewal programs. Recently the city has been undergoing a Renaissance of sorts; investing great sums of money into the downtown core to establish the University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma Link�the first modern electric light rail service in the state, various art and history museums, and a restored inlet�the Thea Foss Waterway.

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