COOPER POINT, WA

From: richard@West.Sun.COM (Richard M. Mathews)

  COOPER POINT is located on the campus of The Evergreen State College
  (TESC) at Olympia, Washington.  It has a long stretch of beach which
  has been unofficially CO for many years, despite occasional grumblings
  from the College administration.  The beach is at the South end of Puget
  Sound, so the water is always cold, and quite shallow for some distance
  from shore.  The immediate shore is crusty stones, but there are nice
  stretches of sand above the tide line.  It is isolated from the rest
  of the campus by a 20-30 minute walk through beautiful woods, where
  the trail may be a bit muddy in spots (this is the NW, after all).
  There are no services or fresh water on the beach, so bring whatever
  you need.

  To get there, take Hwy. 101 from Olympia toward Aberdeen.  Exit at "The
  Evergreen State College" exit a few miles West of Olympia.  Follow the
  signs to TESC.  Pass the intersection marked for the main college entrance.
  At the next intersection, turn left onto OVERHULSE ROAD.  Continue until
  a "tee" at DRIFTWOOD ROAD.  Turn left onto Driftwood Road.  A hundred
  yards or so past a Stop sign, enter PARKING LOT F on the right.  Once
  in the parking, lot keep to the left.  About 200 yards in, there is a
  trail into the trees on the left, marked by a sign frame (with a missing
  sign as of May '94) and another smaller white sign warning of "violence"
  on the trail.  Follow the trail to the beach and enjoy.

  The missing sign is one of the standard signs posted in the area warning
  that the area is a nature preserve, so messing with the flora and fauna
  is not allowed.  However, it also prohibits humans from being naturally
  (un)clad.  Students at TESC don't take much stock in such prohibitions
  of nudity, so CO use continues.

  I'm not sure what the Violence warning refers to, just use common sense;
  it is an isolated area.  When I was there last, I saw a woman with two
  small children enjoying the trail without concern.

  Weather reports for the area can be found at
|   http://www.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/Webweather/ww?city=olm

  	[Original from "anonymous"]