Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park
Renton, WA
Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park is a 57-acre Lake Washington park with 5,400 feet of shoreline, a lifeguarded swimming beach, and a 900-foot pier and boardwalk lined with two restaurants. Unusually for a public beach park, alcohol, bikes, skateboards, and pets are all banned inside, an intentional choice that keeps it calmer than most.
Extremely well documented and popular, a real family destination with genuine amenities, though the strict no-pets policy is worth knowing before a visit.
How we score beachesLeave pets at home entirely; this is one of the few Puget Sound area beach parks with an essentially total pet ban, not just a leash rule.
The lifeguard season typically starts mid-June.
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