36 Free Swimming Holes near Lowell Johnson Park
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Dash Point Beach
Federal Way, Washington
16.9 miles NEDash Point State Park beach catches afternoon sun and relatively warm Puget Sound water, with restrooms, an outdoor shower, and camping just steps away.
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Steel Lake Park
Federal Way
21.2 miles NESteel Lake Park is a 52 acre City of Federal Way park with a guarded sand swim beach on a 46 acre lowland lake. The swim zone is buoyed off, entry and parking are free, and a bathhouse, fishing pier, playground and sand volleyball pit sit behind the beach
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Quarry Pool
Tenino, Washington
22.9 miles SSwim near Tenino, Washington
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Angle Lake Beach
SeaTac
25.8 miles NEAngle Lake Beach is the guarded sand swimming beach at Angle Lake Park, a ten-acre City of SeaTac park on the west shore of a 102-acre glacial lake less than a mile from the Sea-Tac runways. King County samples the water weekly through the summer, and the
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Eatonville Area
Palisades, Washington
29.5 miles SESwim near Palisades, Washington
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Pritchard Island Beach
Seattle
31.9 miles NEFree lifeguarded summer swim beach on Lake Washington in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, with a roped shallow area, floating platform, bathhouse and a wetland trail next door.
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Sunny Beach Point
Eatonville
32.1 miles SEA free, grassy day-use point on Tacoma Power's Alder Lake south of Eatonville, with a seasonal swim and sunning area that opens May 15 to Sept. 15 when the reservoir is high enough.
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Seward Park
Seattle
33.3 miles NEA free lifeguarded sand beach on Andrews Bay, the shallow sheltered water on the west side of Seattle's Bailey Peninsula, backed by the largest stand of old-growth forest left in the city. King County closes it for bacteria often enough that checking the
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Clarke Beach Park
Mercer Island
33.6 miles NEA quiet 9-acre city park on Mercer Island's southeast shore with a free, buoyed swim area on Lake Washington between two piers. No lifeguards; open 6 AM to 10 PM.
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Lake Wilderness Park Swim Beach
Maple Valley, Washington
33.6 miles NEFree city park beach on Lake Wilderness in Maple Valley with summer lifeguards, canoe and paddleboard rentals, a concession stand, a big playground and a 40-acre arboretum.
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Mount Baker Beach
Seattle
34.3 miles NEFree, lifeguarded city swimming beach on Lake Washington at the foot of Mount Baker Park in Seattle, with a floating platform, a 1-meter diving board and a long fishing pier.
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Colman Park Beach
Seattle
34.5 miles NEAn unguarded stretch of public Lake Washington shoreline in a 24 acre Olmsted park, where cement steps from a swimming beach that closed in 1965 still run down into the water. Seattle's lifeguarded beach at Mount Baker sits a quarter mile south.
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Island Lake Park
Poulsbo
35.7 miles NFree sand swimming beach at Kitsap County's Island Lake Park between Poulsbo and Silverdale, with a paved lakeshore trail, fishing pier and kayak launch. Check health advisories first.
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Madrona Park
Seattle
35.9 miles NEMadrona Park is a free Seattle Parks and Recreation beach on the western shore of Lake Washington, with a lifeguarded swim area, two fixed platforms and a one meter diving board in summer. A wooded ravine full of trails climbs the hill above it, and the w
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Seattle Area Beaches
Leavenworth, Washington
36.0 miles NESwim near Leavenworth, Washington
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Enatai Beach Park
Bellevue
36.5 miles NEFree City of Bellevue beach on Lake Washington under the I-90 East Channel Bridge, with a roped swim area, swim dock and summer lifeguards. The waterfront is closed for King County sewer work starting October 2026.
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Chism Beach Park
Bellevue
37.2 miles NEFree City of Bellevue beach on Lake Washington with a roped swim area, dock and swim float, plus summer lifeguards from noon to 7 p.m., a waterside playground and picnic lawns.
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Medina Beach Park
Medina
37.3 miles NEMedina Beach Park is a 1.44 acre City of Medina park on Lake Washington where a stone breakwater shelters about 50 feet of sand beach, an offshore swim float and a public dock. The city staffs lifeguards in midsummer, and Medina City Hall shares the same
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Medina Beach
Medina
37.3 miles NEA free city-run swimming beach at the foot of Evergreen Point Road, with 50 feet of sand, a jetty-sheltered swim area, an offshore float and a dock out over Lake Washington. Medina Police staffs it with lifeguards from late June through the end of August.
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Madison Park Beach
Seattle
37.6 miles NEA free, city-run swimming beach at the foot of the old Madison Street cable car line, with a 1919 bathhouse, concrete swimming steps and a summer diving platform on Lake Washington. The 2026 guarded season ended September 7.
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