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| This is the public stairs you will look for from offshore |
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| This is the sign that authorizes you to walk from the your dinghy on the beach to the grocery store only one block away. The beach beyond this stairway in the background is private. Its odd that there are plenty of no trespassing signs telling you where not to go, but this is the only sign telling where you may go. |
This is a google images snapshot of popular Fisherman Bay on Lopez Island. The red dot locates where the public stairs and beach are located. The village is adjacent to the stairs so you can get ice cream and fudge with minimal effort. The grocery store is about a one block walk. Btw, only fifty yards from the stairs is the public restroom with a donations only hot and cold shower. Suggested donation is $2, and there is no timer, now how cool is that?
If you have a navigation chart, you will find the stairs is almost directly opposite the red dolphin nav. aid marking the submerged spit at the bay entrance. (this means you will drive your boat within a couple hundred feet of the stairs, you cant miss em.)
I said there were two access points, the other is south of the red dot about 1-2 blocks, its a low bank off a gravel parking lot with no signs. The stretch between the two accesses is not public beach ( see comments) but I would simply go right to the metal stairway pull my dinghy up and tie it to one of the galvanized legs.
I would like to inform you that the Beaches in between the two access points is PRIVATE. Each beach is the width of the respective parking area.
ReplyDeleteWe need to respect what anonymous has said. I relied on a long time local Realtor for my private versus public remarks, and apparently I got it wrong. I remember he had a fondness for ice cream, as do I, maybe we were day dreaming. Regardless, there is no need to walk down the beach when going to Lopez Village, just be sure to pull your boat ashore at the stairway and not in front of someones house.
ReplyDeleteThanks to anonymous!
John