Point Defiance Park

A huge urban park in the United States is located in Tacoma, Washington. The 760-acre (3.1-kilometer2) park features the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Rose Garden, the Rhododendron Garden, beaches, trails, a boardwalk, a boathouse, a Washington State Ferries ferry dock for the Point Defiance-Tahlequah route to Vashon Island, Fort Nisqually, an off-leash dog park, and, most notably, an old-growth forest. It attracts around three million tourists each year. The Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma maintains and operates Point Defiance Park.