The soon-to-be Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park. (Metro Parks Tacoma Photo) There likely won’t be any sandworms, but that’s not needed to spice up this news: Tacoma, Wash., native Frank ...

The old smelter location has been transformed into Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park, ... This former Superfund site in Tacoma is ‘Dune’ just fine now, thanks . Oct. 21, ...

Boasting hard-to-beat views of Mount Rainier, Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, Dune Peninsula first got on Thomas’ radar when a former 107.7 The End staffer, who now works for Parks Tacoma ...

Tacoma will soon kick off the July 4 Summer Blast celebration at Dune Peninsula, 5361 Yacht Club Road, and Cummings Park, 3939 Ruston Way. On Wednesday, ...

Tacoma’s 760-acre Point Defiance Park serves as a tranquil refuge with botanical gardens, old-growth forest, hiking trails and shoreline beach. A recent $7 million overhaul of the tropical reef ...

Point Defiance Park, which covers 760 acres, is one of the busiest parks in Tacoma with more than 3 million visitors every year, staff said. As the park has gotten busier, it’s been common to ...