Skagit County, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

050 sets uniform hours for every County park: open from dawn, defined in the code as sunrise, until dusk, defined as thirty minutes after sunset, unless a park is open later for a scheduled or reserved recreational activity or closed early for renovation, repair, activity preparation, or hazardous or seasonal conditions. Outside those hours, no person shall enter or be present in a County park, with three narrow exceptions written into the section: registered overnight campers who have paid the applicable camping fee, boaters mooring overnight at a designated site, and participants in an event that the Parks and Recreation Department has specifically authorized.

41, enforced by the Department's park employees and, for criminal violations, the Sheriff. Because dusk is pegged to thirty minutes after sunset rather than a fixed clock time, closing time shifts through the year, tightest around the winter solstice and latest in midsummer. 41's park-use rules. The section was adopted as part of the County's 1998 Parks and Recreation Code overhaul under Ordinance 17255 and has not been amended since.