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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 has been documented in the past but is no longer believe to be happening much presently.
[edit] King County
[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
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, 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
- 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 This story also inspired these ones:
- Seattle PI: "Seattle train commuters get daily glimpse of male nude beach" Tuesday, September 5, 2006 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Nude_Beach_Commuters.html
- KIROtv.com "Nude Dudes Popular With Some Seattle Commuters" September 6, 2006 http://www.kirotv.com/travelgetaways/9797333/detail.html
- 6abc.com, PA "Train Commuters Getting View of the Nudes" September 6, 2006 http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=bizarre&id=4533256
- Gay.com "Male nude beach livens Seattle commute route" September 5, 2006 http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2006/09/05/3
- KTVO, MO "Nude beach gives Seattle commuters an eyeful" September 6, 2006 http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5372809&nav=1LFs
- KNDU, WA "Seattle train commuters get daily glimpse of male nude beach" Sep 5, 2006 http://kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=5365998&nav=menu484_2
[edit] Whatcom County
[edit] Bellingham
[edit] Dogfish Point
Part of beach has been used clothing-optional. Aprox 1 mile south of Larrabee. Hard to get to and isolated. It is located just below last rest stop on Chuckanut Drive. Access also from next view stop over oyster beds. Windsurfers use this parking area also. Go down hill and (beware) walk north on railroad tracks @ 1/4mile. Nice beach on north side especially when tide is in. [10]
DANGER: Stay off the train tracks. Trains move fast and quietly along the tracks.
[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. [11]
[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.
