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P Street Beach, on the grass south of the P Street Bridge in Rock Creek Park, is a documented queer landmark — early Pride gatherings happened here. The wooded slope beside it, the Black Forest, was the nighttime area for decades. It is still a city park with Park Police.

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    P Street Beach — Rock Creek Park

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    23rd St NW & P St NW, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 20037, United States

    The grassy riverside area south of the P Street Bridge along Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway — locally "P Street Beach" — is a documented queer landmark in Washington, DC. The National Park Service records it as a sunbathing and concert gathering place from the 1960s, site of DC's first unofficial Pride in 1972 and official Pride from 1975. The adjacent wooded hillside, the "Black Forest," was a nighttime cruising area for decades. Easy to reach from Dupont Circle on foot. US Park Police patrol the park — carry ID and exercise standard urban caution after dark.

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