City of Federal Way

Federal Way, located 21 miles south of Seattle and 8 miles north of Tacoma, is home to

• Wild Waves and Enchanted Village, the only Six Flags theme park in the Northwest
• International timber giant, Weyerhaeuser Corporation
• Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, an Olympic-caliber facility built for the 1990 Goodwill Games and still used to host national and international swimming and diving competitions
• The Reebok Woman’s Triathlon, held each September at Steel Lake
• World Vision International, a Christian relief organization that works to help impoverished communities and countries
• Dash Point State Park, a 398-acre park offering camping facilities, covered picnic shelters, fishing, hiking, swimming, beachcombing and marine-life study

The climate, which is heavily influenced by its proximity to the Puget Sound, is relatively mild due to an abundance of moist marine air. The Federal Way area reaches an average high temperature of 75 degrees in July and an average low temperature of 33 degrees in January. Precipitation ranges from .71 inches in July to 5.7 inches in January.