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The following places in Washington have seen some nude use and may continue to see nude use.

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[edit] Jefferson County

[edit] Marrowstone Island

[edit] Fort Flagler State Park

Daniel Johnson and company used this beach nude in Summer 2006. It is assume others have as well as it is fairly remote.

[edit] Grant County

[edit] Soap Lake

This may have been one of the first official nude beaches in Washington State. Skinny dipping is still occasionally enjoyed along the Western shore.

[edit] Vantage Beach

For many years there has been a nude beach across the I-90 bridge ( east side of the bridge) whereby you exit at Silica Road, go north about a 1/2 mile then turn left on Vantage road and proceed all the way down to the waters edge, walk the short pathway to nice sandy beach spots, including some shade trees. Watch out for rattlesnakes which are common, but easily avoided if you stay on the trails and are aware of their presence. Some folks get nude as soon as they arrive in parking lot, however that is not recommended. It is a good idea to wait and get naked after you arrive at the designated nude areas. The beach is on the Columbia River, so be aware that nude users sometimes receive unwanted attention from summer boaters..

[edit] Potholes Reservoir

There are many areas in the potholes area near Moses Lake that lend themselves to nude use for swimming or sun bathing.   Eastbound on I-90 should exit at Hiawatha Valley (West of Moses Lake) and turn left (East) onto the South Frontage Road.  Turn South into the potholes resevoir area where the large powerlines cross the road.  After traveling about two to three miles the road forks.  Access to the reservoir may be had on either fork.  The entire area is readily accessible to those with kayaks or canoes, and many locations suitable for nude sun bathing are within walking distance of the road.  This area also affords great fishing and bird watching and with the lake being a reservoir, the water level changes throughout the season which can change the scenery week by week.  A GPS can be useful to find your way back through the ever changing maze of waterways and sand islands.  Bring bug spray as this area can have a lot of mosquitoes at times.

[edit] King County

See King County, Washington

[edit] Pierce County

[edit] Tacoma

[edit] China Lake

A guy named Jake posted on a Tribe.net group that he goes nude hiking and swimming at China Lake in Tacoma. China Lake is inside the city so it is hard to believe that this would be a good place to go, but according to him he rarely runs into other people. Map to Park[1]

[edit] San Juan County

[edit] Orcas Island

[edit] Doe Bay

Opportunities for nude recreation on the beach and at the Doe Bay Resort & Retreat

[edit] Snohomish County

[edit] Benchmark Mountain

Nude Hike there by Rick P. Found that the banks Skykomish river near there had many sandy spots isolated enough for private nude sunbathing. [2]

[edit] Heybrook Lookout

Near Index. Nude Hike there by Rick P. [3]

[edit] Shoreline

[edit] Richmond Beach

BFC's 3rd Polar Bare Dip Jan 2005

[edit] Sunset Mine/Trout Creek

Nude Hike there by Rick P. [4]

[edit] Troublesome Creek Campground

Nude Hike there by Rick P. [5]

[edit] Woodway

[edit] Point Wells or Peter Point

DANGER: Users are strongly urged to stay off the train tracks. Trains move fast and quietly along the tracks, many have died on these tracks. Steep fines have been recorded for people trying to access Point Wells by railroad track. See also legal info below.

The location of the beach area known as Peter Point (male anatomy reference?), sometimes referred to as Point Wells is located in Woodway, WA, although Point Wells [6] proper is located in Shoreline. The beach used map is north of Richmond Beach Park in Shoreline, and south of Edmonds Beach in Edmonds. Illegal to access by land. To get to the beach, people trespass on property owned by either the railroad or the petroleum company. [7] Accessible by boat/kayaking. Fairly well visited. World Naked Beach Party was held there by a small group in 2005. The Sounder commuter trains that bring Seattle workers north to Edmonds and Everett have brought more attention to this beach since the route began in August of 2004. Riders have obstruction-free views of anybody using the beach. Technically, the beach is private property, and the owner can't reach the beach because the tracks are private property. [8]

[edit] Gay-beach reputation

By some accounts, the beach has been frequented by gay men since the 1930s. Many hetero men, women and teenagers have also used the beach nude with no conflicts reported. [9]. Has a reputation for some gay cruising and sexual activities behind the bushes. It has been claimed that the middle section is hetero and way south end is gay.

[edit] Legal

Info taken from The Daily Herald, Everett, WA Sounder Takes You With a Flash: Sunny-day riders know where to spy the naked men Sept 5, 2006 http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/09/05/100loc_a1naked001.cfm

Woodway Police Chief Doug Hansen said he's been aware of naked men on the beach all 20 years he's worked for Woodway, but more have been seen in the past five years.
Police occasionally team up with Edmonds Police and Snohomish and King county deputies to shoo nude sunbathers off of the beach, Hansen said.
Police officers said men contacted on the beach are mostly from King County and other countries (ostensibly because gay's don't live in Snohomish county), Hansen said. Their reaction to police enforcement ranges from "openly hostile to embarrassed," he said.
Nude sunbathing and trespassing on private property are against the law, he said. Tickets are seldom issued and officers prefer to give warnings.
[edit] Coverage

[edit] Whatcom County

[edit] Bellingham

[edit] Lake Padden

In 2004 the Bellingham Weekly mentioned in their Best of Bellingham that there are skinny-dipping spots in the trees on the far side of the lake. [10]

Chuckanut Drive

I used to go to at least three different nude beaches south of Bellingham.

[edit] Spokane County

[edit] Spokane

[edit] People's Park

Sections of beach along Hangman's Creek, at it's convergence with the Spokane River, have a long history of clothing optional use. In recent years nude use has moved eastward, further up Hangman's Creek, where vegetation and shoreline provide greater privacy. Periodic checks by law enforcement, mostly to enforce county alcohol ordinances, are a possibility. People's Park is a county facility, with limited ammentities and no bathrooms. The park itself is fairly isolated for being so close to the downtown area; it is bordered on the south & west by Riverside Drive, on the east by the Spokane River and on the north by a bluff, atop which sits a cemetary. Usage on a typically warm summer weekend day would be 10-20 nude or partially nude users.

Note: As of 2000 the city started handing out tickets for nudity here. The city intends to turn the park into a kayak play ground and dog park. Those who would like to nude sunbathe should be polite and ask others near them if they mind. Odds are that it will be fine as most know the parks reputation. But setting up some kind of barrier so as not to be seen by those on the trail would be helpful. There is also a large man made pool on the river here, built during the Worlds Fair in 1974.

If you would like to see this spot become clothing optional, or leased as a nudist spot, contact the Spokane City council.

As 2009 has seen a drastic reduction in state and city revenues contacting the above may have a surprising outcome!

Tell them that you would visit Spokane more often. That you would be willing to help clean the park while visiting, as the city doesn't take care of the park except for picking up the trash in the cans.

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