Was that all legal where you live, Bob? Washington state is such a patchwork of nude laws.
Washington used to have local laws against being naked until Seattle V. Johnson when the state court of appeals ruled that cities can't have a nudism law more restrictive than the state law. Seattle had to pay a settlement to Johnson and modify it's local laws to comply with state law. To be illegal under Seattle v. Johnson you have to be DOING something indecent or INTENDING to cause someone else to be alarmed or affronted. All of which means that cities and state agencies in WA can't harass or arrest naked people minding our own business while naked. It would be hard to argue that driving down the freeway is either indecent or intends to affront someone else.
I do much of my trail bicycling on the paved sections between Spokane and Cheney. I meet other people. Hardly anyone complains. It would be hard to argue that bicycling down a trail is doing something indecent or intending to affront someone. Before Seattle v. Johnson the State Park Department had a regulation prohibiting "disrobing in a park." Since Seattle v. Johnson that regulation vanished. So naked bicycling in a State Park trail is governed by the same Seattle v. Johnson law decision. Bicycling is not doing something indecent, and doesn't show "intent" to affront other people.
How many miles of naked riding are possible on the old track? Would someone maybe do a nude bike-pack trip on that trail? Would it eventually pass through towns? What is the name of the park?
Jbee
Old railroads now turned into State Park Trails run all the way from Seattle to Idaho. However some of the old railroad was an easement rather than ownership so the land reverted to previous ownership when the railroad was abandoned. That means there are some pieces where you have to detour around on roads. In theory I could bicycle almost the whole distance from home to this bridge, most of it naked, and most in wild country. In practice that would be difficult.
At the other end of this bridge is a small town called Beverly. You can ask google maps for a location. A century ago it was common for railroads to deliberately pass through towns, and for towns to grow beside railroads. Many of the towns are still there in some form or other, although when the railroad went away there were many towns that folded up with it.
The railroad trail is covered with crushed rock gravel. That becomes less that nice for bicycles. The other problem not thought out well is that the State Park Dept. doesn't allow overnight camping on their trails. The small towns don't have hotels. A hundred miles of trail can't be done in one day, and there is no place to spend the night.
I've walked several sections naked, but I don't like the crushed rock even walking. Then you have to walk back to where you parked. That limits my distance. .
This trail is now called
Palouse to Cascades Trail. It was formerly called
John Wayne Pioneer Trail. Sometimes you can find it written both ways on the same map. There also is the Columbia Crest Trail which also goes from Idaho to the Columbia River. Different abandoned railroad. See pic. of parking area.
