China Lake Park

Category: Park in Tacoma, Washington

Address: 1811 South Shirley Street, Tacoma, WA 98465, USA

Phone: +12533051000

Opening hours

Sunday: 6:30AM–9PM

Monday: 6:30AM–9PM

Tuesday: 6:30AM–9PM

Wednesday: 6:30AM–9PM

Thursday: 6:30AM–9PM

Friday: 6:30AM–9PM

Saturday: 6:30AM–9PM

Reviews

KittyCwak

Jul 3, 2022

I stopped for lunch and a place to go to the bathroom. No bathroom or picnic table but I found shade in the parking lot for lunch. A nice guy walked up and gave me his basket of strawberries after he eat what he wanted. I saw a few people take off on the trail that goes around the lake.

Steven Pavlov

Jul 13, 2021

China Lake Park is made up of 11 acres of largely undeveloped land, so no bathrooms or picnic tables are to be found. You'll find the lake and 0.8 mile lightly trafficked loop trail that is primarily used for hiking, walking, trail running, and nature trips.

Kelly Fletcher

Jun 1, 2021

Nice park to walk, I wouldn't walk alone just because it's not a lot of people around. Nice scenery and easy to walk.

Matt Wakefield

Mar 10, 2018

Excellent little gem of a local park. I had the place to myself, except for a friendly (If unleashed) dog and its owner. There's some debris from parties in the wooded area, but overall a really nice little park that's really easy to access. Not many parking spots, so it's helpful to know the side-street parking, which Google will direct you to. Don't know why they don't use the main parking area on Google Maps.

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Questions & Answers

What kind of fish are in this lake?

Diane Adams | Jan 4, 2019
Miriam Aleman | Jan 5, 2019

No fish it's pretty much just standing water. It's really dry around this time. A lot of bugs and bees mostly

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Is there an off leash dog park here?

Carolyn Chan | Jan 4, 2019
Jason Leach | Jan 5, 2019

No.

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How long are the trails

Love Pugs | Jan 4, 2020
Shane Redenbaugh | Jan 5, 2020

1-2 miles depends on the route you take and time if year summer has low water so short trails vs winter heavy water and long trails as a result

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Are there fish in lake?

Scott Petersen | Jan 4, 2020
Jason Leach | Jan 5, 2020

I didn't see any and I looked

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Is the terrain easy to manage using a cane or any other type of assisted walking device?

Vanessa Allen | Jan 4, 2020
Steve Potter | Jan 5, 2020

Yes and no! You have choices as to how far you want to hike and different levels of challenge.

Are there public restrooms here that are clean enough to use?

Vanessa Allen | Jan 4, 2020
Matt Williams | Jan 5, 2020

No

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Is this lake fishable, if so what species are in there that you Know of.

Nathan Price | Jan 4, 2019
Lea Wolf | Jan 5, 2019

Yes, except inside the wildlife park area Last I checked there we're bull nose catfish, small & large mouth bass and a whole butt load of sun fish.

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Are there still perch and panfish like pumpkinseeds and bluegill here?

Nathan Rupert | Jan 4, 2019
Lynne Richmond | Jan 5, 2019

I think so. We've seen families fishing... I imagine they know there are fish there. 😉

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