Houghton Beach Park Under Swimming Advisory Due to Elevated Bacteria Levels
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August 27, 2024: Public Heath – Seattle & King County is recommending that people and pets stay out of the water at Houghton Beach for at least one week due to elevated bacteria levels. The rest of the park is open. For additional details, visit King County’s Lake Swimming Beach Data webpage at: https://kingcounty. gov/swimbeach Doris Cooper Houghton Beach Park is a waterfront community park located in Kirkland's Lakeview neighborhood that features a playground, picnic areas, sand volleyball court, and seasonal swimming area. There is a small parking lot with 25 spaces including accessible parking.
Restrooms are open seasonally from March through October. Houghton Beach Park is named after Doris Cooper, Kirkland's first woman mayor, who helped lead the effort to preserve the city's waterfront parks. In 1969 Doris Cooper, Judy Frolich, and Delores Teutsch organized a telegram campaign to U. S. congressman Tom Pelly to obtain federal funding to purchase Houghton Beach Park land from the Shell and Standard Oil companies.
The successful campaign brought federal grant funding to purchase, design and develop Kirkland's beloved Houghton Beach park. In 1973 Doris Cooper was elected to the Kirkland City Council and successfully elected to five terms on the Council before retiring at the end of her term in 1993. She was the city’s first woman mayor in 1984, a position she held for three consecutive two-year terms. Houghton Beach Park was renamed Doris Cooper Houghton Beach Park in July 2012. Houghton Beach Park has a picnic area available for rent.
It includes two uncovered picnic tables. When the picnic area is not being rented, it is available for use on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are additional picnic tables throughout the park that are not part of the picnic area. They are available for first-come, first-serve use. Houghton Beach features three public art pieces including: _First Romance_ by Prince Monyo Mihailescu-Nasturel _Spring_ by Peter Skinner _Winter_ by Peter Skinner Houghton Beach has a shallow swimming area for smaller.