Sammamish, WA Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)
Key Facts
- General park hours
- Dawn to 30 min after sunset
- Group facility hours, Sun-Thu
- 8am-10pm
- Group facility hours, Fri-Sat
- 8am-midnight
- After-hours presence
- Criminal misdemeanor
- Exception
- Department-authorized events only
- Governing section
- SMC 7A.02.030
Summary
Sammamish parks, trails, and open spaces close at a fixed time every night, and staying past closure is a criminal offense. SMC 7A.02.020 sets hours from dawn to 30 minutes after sunset, and SMC 7A.02.030 makes presence during closure, without an authorized-event exception, "a criminal misdemeanor."
No person may enter or be present in a City of Sammamish open space, trail, park area, facility or associated marine area during hours of closure, except persons using City of Sammamish park facilities as part of an event authorized by the department. Any person violating provisions of this rule shall have committed a criminal misdemeanor.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O2026-598, and legislation passed through August 18, 2026).
Full Breakdown
02 SMC. m. (midnight) Friday and Saturday, "unless otherwise approved in the use permit," so a group holding a special use permit can be authorized to stay later. 05. That means someone caught on a trail or in a park after dusk without an authorized-event exception faces criminal charges, not just a citation, and officers can act on the closure violation alone without needing to show any additional misconduct.
Violations & Fines
Being present in a Sammamish park, trail, open space, or marine area after the dawn-to-30-minutes-past-sunset closure (SMC 7A.02.020) is a criminal misdemeanor under SMC 7A.02.030, unless the person is part of a department-authorized event. Reserved-facility users who overstay the 10:00 p.m. (Sunday-Thursday) or midnight (Friday-Saturday) group-use window set by SMC 7A.02.010 without permit authorization for later hours are likewise out of compliance.
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