Lakewood was originally Tacoma until 1996 when it incorporated into its own city. As you can imagine, this city of <57,000 people was dubbed Lakewood due to its many beautiful lakes. Of the 17 square miles of land, 10% of that is covered in water. It's the second largest city in Pierce County and contains 5 lakes: Lake Louise, Lake Steilacoom, American Lake, Waughop Lake, and Gravelly Lake. Many of these lakes are large enough for watercraft as well as kayaking.
Lakewood is located between Tacoma and Joint Base Lewis McChord and is bound by I5 and the Puget Sound. You can access Lakewood via Bridgeport, Gravelly Lake or 72nd Street exits from I5 or coming from Steilacoom, and University Place, via Steilacoom Blvd.
For its size, Lakewood offers some pretty good shopping options in the Lakewood Towne Center. For higher end shopping, one needs to travel to the Tacoma Mall (20 min depending on location), Southcenter Mall (45 min) or Seattle (60 min). One of the last big book stores still stands in the Lakewood Towne Center: Barnes & Noble. The main grocery stores are Safeway on Gravelly Drive, Albertsons on Steilacoom Blvd. in Oakbrook Community, and H&L Produce on Custer Street & Lakewood Drive.
There are many small businesses in Lakewood that make for great local options as opposed to large box store shopping. When you can, shop local!
Whole Foods is located on Bridgeport 17 minutes or less away (depending on where you live).
There are many small and local dining options -- too many to name. Some favorites are Long Beach Cafe for Thai, The Ram for American moderately priced food and a solid bar with lots of big TVs for sports, Mis Tres Amigo for Mexican (never fails to satisfy), Oakhouse Restaurant & Bar for a tad more upscale dining option - dubbed the best dining secret of Lakewood due to its being tucked away in Oakbrook housing community. Casa Mia has the, hands down, best pizza and is a local company. There are countless Terriyaki and Pho (Pho Tai) places that you'll just have to test out. Kyoto on South Tacoma Way for sushi. Looking for the best hamburger? Oakhouse Restaurant has the best burgers around with beautiful scenery of the Oakbrook Golf Course! Oh, and I can't forget the Greek Cafe with it's never fail awesome food. Try the Mousaka and the Saganaki dishes besides the traditional gyros. Feel good, comfort food.
Depending on the time of year, you may be staying indoors. For wintertime activities, going to the Loew's Theater to watch a movie in a leather reclining chair is pretty fun. You can make your own ceramics at Art & Clay Studio. You can take Yoga Classes at Lakewood Holistic Yoga Studio or Tuladhara Yoga. Surprisingly, this small-ish city has its very own live theatre, located within the Lakewood Towne Center. Every play I've been to at the Lakewood Playhouse, I felt, was well done.
I love to take our family to the Barnes & Noble and spend a leisurely afternoon tooling around and getting coffee. There is an actual Tea House (the old school kind) called Steeped in Comfort where you wear hats and have little sandwiches with the crust cut off.
For Spring, Summertime and Fall, you can't beat being outdoors. Whether you're frolicking on one of the lakes, walking or running around Fort Steilacoom Park and Lake Waughop, you could be taking in the Lakewold Gardens property or the Thornwood Castle (yes, there is an honest to goodness castle!). Fort Steilacoom Park is a great park for the family and there is one of the best dog parks in the area there. It has trails, a lake, running sidewalk, playground and during the summer, there are plenty of events, concerts and fairs to enjoy as well.
During the summer, there is also a Farmer's Market at the Lakewood City Hall on Tuesday. You can go fishing at many of the Lakes or go golfing at many of the local public or private golf courses: Oakbrook Golf Course, Fort Steilacoom Golf or Frisbee Golf Course (located in Oakbrook), Meadow Park Golf Course (located off Custer and Lakewood) and Tacoma Golf and Country Club located on Gravelly Drive.
Lakewood offers a wide variety of homes from older homes with character and charm to newer homes to lakefront homes to Puget Sound view homes. You're sure to find exactly the kind of home you seek here. Browse our pre-defined home listing searches below!
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Walk to American Lake from this beautifully remodeled rambler in the Lake City neighborhood of Lakewood. Offering a newly expanded main bedroom suite and modern kitchen, ...
Listing courtesy of Windermere Chambers Bay.
Nestled on a large corner lot this immaculately cared for rambler home awaits you. Conveniently located near shopping, schools, parks, JBLM, Towne Center plus easy acces...
Listing courtesy of Red Moon Realty.
Legacy Gravelly Lake Waterfront estate w/ about 1.6 GATED acres & +/- 157’ of waterfront. Pedigree includes Doud lumber family that shaped the Lakewood/Tacoma Lumber Busi...
Listing courtesy of Morrison House Sotheby's Intl.
This beautifully remodeled Lakewood rambler sits on the most amazing, nearly half acre, park-like lot and features an open concept design, allowing for plenty of natural ...
Listing courtesy of Windermere Professional Prtnrs.
Great opportunity in the heart of Lakewood. Nestled on a quiet tree-lined street, this newly update home features an open floor plan with elegant touches. Kitchen featu...
Listing courtesy of Keller Williams Rlty Bellevue.
Looking for savings? Check out this beautiful move-in ready, solar powered, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home! This lovely home features an open concept kitchen with stainless steel...
Listing courtesy of Redfin.
Presenting the W.H. & Barbara Lindberg Estate, designed by noted Seattle architect Elizabeth Ayers with impeccable attention to detail in the design and construction. Thi...
Listing courtesy of Realogics Sotheby's Int'l Rlty.
Welcome to this lovely upgraded condo in Oakbrook! This single story gem is an end unit with direct access to your private 2 car garage and only 1 common wall making it f...
Listing courtesy of JohnSRealty.
Tucked away in sought-after Oakbrook is this gem nestled along Chambers Creek Canyon. Enter this beautifully renovated 2-bedroom 2 bath on to new hardwood flooring windi...
Listing courtesy of John L. Scott Dupont.
Incredible access and visibility supplied by Bridgeport Way and Gravelly Lake Dr for this attractive 3885sf +/- professional building. Traffic of over 20,000+ vehicles pe...
Listing courtesy of Windermere Professional Prtnrs.
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