Artondale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

The park is considered to be "undeveloped", consisting mainly of an open grassy area with some crabapple trees.

The park is most easily accessed when heading north on Wollochet Dr NW, where one can make a sharp right curve into the gravel road adjacent to a private driveway.

The park consists of dirt trails that wind their way through 18.7 acres of lush, second-growth forest.

Hales Pass Park is technically a part of the Artondale CDP, though it is traditionally associated with the community of Arletta.

[5] The stone building and attached picnic shelter on the site were originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Core in 1938 to serve as the Arletta School.

On snowy days, toddlers and teens alike flock to the hills on the playfields to sled, build snowmen, or have snowball fights.

In the summertime, neighborhood kids will scramble over the jungle gyms while nearby, community sports teams practice and compete at one of the four baseball diamonds.

The Artondale Elementary School Campus also houses several classes of the Gig Harbor Coop preschool.

Similar to most of the Puget Sound region, Artondale has a wet and mild climate.

[8] The snow that does fall tends to be very wet, and snowfall often occurs when temperatures are hovering right around freezing, which can lead to the formation of black ice and dangerous driving conditions.

However, usually when the temperature drops, the clouds break up leading to two common winter weather scenarios: cold and clear, or warm and rainy.

The main hazards created by windstorms are related to natural debris (such as branches or small trees) falling onto homes, roadways or power lines.

The "dry" season lasts from May to September, with an average of less than 3 inches of rain falling per month.

June and early July tend to be cloudy or overcast in the morning, with the cloud cover burning off as the day goes on.

The increasing racial diversity of the area was reflected by other statistics: 5.3% of the population was foreign born, and 7.7% of households spoke a language other than English at home.

[13] The percentage of persons in poverty remained the same as in 2000, hovering around 3.0%, indicating that the rich-poor gap in Artondale likely increased over the last decade.

[12] According to Sperling's Best Places, the unemployment rate in December 2016 was 6.50%, slightly higher than the national average.

[12] The most common areas of occupation were: sales, office, administrative support (29.58%); management, business, finance (16.65%), production, transportation, material moving (8.5%); health care practitioners and technology (7.93%); education, library (7.63%), construction, extraction, maintenance/repair (5.4%); food preparation, serving (4.69%); and engineering, computers, science (4.5%).