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Waterway 23 Boat Launch

Waterway 23 Boat Launch is a free public kayak and canoe launch on Lake Union near Seattle, Washington.

Aerial view of a pier at the head of a marina basin beside the road and parking lots, August 2017
Aerial view of a pier at the head of a marina basin beside the road and parking lots, August 2017 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map
New Zealand mudsnails

Washington State Department of Ecology lists this water as likely to contain New Zealand mudsnails; extra decontamination is advised when leaving it. Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

Washington State Department of Ecology · checked October 20, 2026

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Fee
Free
Coordinates
47.64853, -122.34672

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Boating rules

  • No-discharge zone: WAC 173-228 bans vessel sewage discharges, whether treated or not, in the No Discharge Zone. It became effective May 10, 2018. · all of Lake Union rule

From the boating rules map of Washington Department of Ecology, read October 20, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

On Lake Union

Lake in Washington. All launches on Lake Union.

Community

Where people who use Lake Union talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: lakewashingtonrowing.com: The LWRC dock is available to the public for launching and landing human-powered (non-motorized) watercraft.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.