33 Free Swimming Holes near Arlington, WA
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Clear Lake Beach
Sedro-Woolley
18.6 miles NFree, unguarded county swim beach on the west end of Clear Lake, three miles south of Sedro-Woolley, with a sandy strip, fishing pier, playground and picnic shelters.
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Squire Creek Park
Arlington, Washington
21.4 miles ESwim near Arlington, Washington
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Thornton A. Sullivan Park at Silver Lake
Everett
21.5 miles SFree City of Everett beach on the west shore of Silver Lake with a sandy, buoyed swim area, docks and restrooms. Open 6 a.m. to dusk, no lifeguards on duty.
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Martha Lake Park
Lynnwood
24.7 miles SFree Snohomish County park on the south shore of Martha Lake between Lynnwood and Mill Creek, with a small sand beach, an unguarded wading area and fishing docks.
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Cranberry Lake Swim Beach (Deception Pass State Park)
Oak Harbor, Washington
27.8 miles NWRoped freshwater swim beach on Cranberry Lake at Deception Pass State Park, a few hundred feet from the saltwater at West Beach, with kayak rentals, a CCC-era bathhouse and the park's main campground.
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Duvall Beach at McCormick Park
Duvall
32.3 miles SA sandy river beach on the Snoqualmie at the north end of Duvall's McCormick Park, free and open dawn to dusk, with picnic shelters, a rinse shower and the Snoqualmie Valley Trail at its back. No lifeguards, and the city keeps two life rings on the bank.
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Skykomish Area
Leavenworth, Washington
33.0 miles SESwim near Leavenworth, Washington
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Juanita Beach Park
Kirkland
34.5 miles SA free City of Kirkland beach on Juanita Bay of Lake Washington, with a shallow sandy swim area enclosed by a U-shaped dock and lifeguards in July and August. Bacteria closures are common in summer.
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Matthews Beach Park
Seattle
35.4 miles SSeattle's largest freshwater bathing beach sits on Lake Washington at the foot of NE 93rd Street, with a roped swim area, a floating platform with diving boards, and lifeguards through the summer. King County tests the water weekly and closes this beach m
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Waverly Beach Park
Kirkland
35.6 miles SWaverly Beach Park is a 2.8 acre City of Kirkland park on Lake Washington where a low U-shaped dock wraps around the swim area and keeps boat traffic out. Lifeguards work noon to 6 pm from July 1 through September 7, diving is banned everywhere on the sit
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Magnuson Park Swimming Beach
Seattle
36.3 miles SFree, city-run swim beach on Lake Washington in Seattle's Magnuson Park, with a swim platform, bathhouse and outdoor shower, and lifeguards from late June to late August.
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West Green Lake Beach
Seattle
37.0 miles SWest Green Lake Beach is the longer running of the two lifeguarded beaches Seattle Parks operates on Green Lake, with two fixed platforms, a 50 yard lap lane and 1 meter and 3 meter diving boards behind the old 1927 bathhouse. Lifeguards cover it from lat
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Doris Cooper Houghton Beach Park
Kirkland
37.4 miles SFree lifeguarded City of Kirkland swim beach on Lake Washington, with a shallow kids' area, a deep-water dock where diving is allowed, and summer guards from noon to 6 p.m.
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Idylwood Park
Redmond
38.5 miles SIdylwood Park is the only free public access to Lake Sammamish, a City of Redmond beach with a shallow sand entry and an aluminum swim dock. There are no lifeguards, and the small lot fills early on hot weekends.
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Madison Park Beach
Seattle
39.5 miles SA 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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Whatcom Falls Park
Bellingham, Washington
40.5 miles NSwim near Bellingham, Washington
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Clyde Beach Park
Bellevue
40.6 miles SClyde Beach Park is a small City of Bellevue swimming beach on Meydenbauer Bay, with a roped swim area, a historic boathouse, restrooms and a playground. Lifeguards cover a short summer window here, and King County does not sample this particular beach fo
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Medina Beach
Medina
40.7 miles SA 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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Medina Beach Park
Medina
40.7 miles SMedina 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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Meydenbauer Bay Park
Bellevue
40.8 miles SMeydenbauer Bay Park is the City of Bellevue's downtown waterfront beach, a wide sand and gravel swim area on a quiet inlet of Lake Washington with a curving 420-foot floating pier, a beach house with showers, and a hand-carry boat launch. Lifeguards work
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