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Welcome to Fife Heights ...

Fife Heights is located in Pierce County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fife Heights: Fife Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Fife Heights is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fife Heights lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Fife Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fife Heights.

  • Tacoma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Renton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Federal Way
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Auburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lakewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Burien
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Puyallup
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • University Place
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Des Moines
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fife Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fife Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fife Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fife Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fife Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Fife Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fife Heights ...

Looking for more information about Fife Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fife Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fife Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fife Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.