Seattle has some great places to hike within an hour of the city. Unfortunately, some of the best ones have tons of snow in May. But that just means you go to the less popular ones. If you do your research, you should be able to find plenty of places that make sense. Pick up some hiking maps (I recommend Green Trails) and then go to WTA, and find places that no one mentions. The so called "Issaquah Alps" have a ton of trails that are all snow free right now. Try and find the places that people find most popular, and simply avoid them. Typically these places are on their way to views or a lake. If you walk a couple miles and simply have a sit for a while (maybe smoke a bowl) you should be able to figure out if the place is popular or not. If not, a little scampering in the woods and you'll be pretty deserted (just make sure you know how to find your way back). There are, of course, even more remote places -- trail heads that get very few people -- but they require a bit more driving.

By the way, Dan is right, picking the place is great foreplay. Also keep in mind a tip I learned way back when, by stoner friends in high school. We would smoke weed out in the open, but a good 100 yards from the school. I thought it seemed crazy that we were out in the open, but the stoners mentioned it was better that way. You could see if a security guard or teacher was headed that way, and skedaddle. When it comes to sex, that isn't nearly as much fun as finishing, but with the right attitude (lots of giggling) it is kind of fun. My point being that if you manage to find a deserted mountain top, well, you likely wouldn't be the first to enjoy some really good times up there.

Find a building with an external fire escape stairway and climb it to the roof, then fuck on the roof, no one's ever up there.

My girlfriend and I fuck in public all the time, it's great fun!

Our current goal is to fuck in a church on Easter Sunday.

Take two sleeping bags zipped together, but leave one side open. You can merrily hump away without getting sticks completely jammed up your butts, and, if anyone does happen along, you can throw the top bag over you and be covered. Just say, "Hi, how ya doin'?" as the interlopers walk by, or "Climb in!" if they look interested.

LW already has a partner who wants to fuck outside, so really, unless you are exhibitionists or are trolling for a third partner, the two of you can go anywhere remote and get your groove on reasonably safely.

I really enjoyed cruising outdoors in my youth. Something about the taboo nature, the setting, the anonymity and uncertainty were all very exciting. I actually fantasized about it even before I consciously understood I was gay.

But here's the thing, especially about cruising in urban parks: a lot of people use them for a lot of purposes, including letting the kids run around. I've come around to the idea that having sex where someone who is not a voyeur stands a decent chance of seeing me get it on is kind of rude. I just don't want to ruin someone else's experience of the park.

So if my partner and I want to fuck outside, we go somewhere where we almost certainly won't meet anyone else. And if I want to put on a show or get into something random, I'll do that somewhere appropriate like a sex party or bath or something. Another alternative are the few places where outdoor nudity is expected (like a nude beach). There are also gay campgrounds and resorts (and, I'm assuming straight equivalents).

The musician Jonathan Coulton wrote this song entitled First of May:
https://youtu.be/O-77ElyvRxI

Not in or under trees, but AGAINST trees - brings back many happy erotic memories for me! LW, consider taking a cross-country ski or snowshoe excursion with your lover, and look for the sturdy sex-against tree of your dreams - you'll both know the right tree when you see it. Little to no risk of running into students, police, or other skiers this late in the season, and I speak from decades of personal experience in saying that you don't have to remove skis, snowshoes, or even most of your clothing in order to have a very enjoyable, memorable, and discreet public sex experience on both May 1 and May 8. Tree quickies are the BEST quickies!

@1: It is contradictory, isn't it? They want "outdoors", they don't want to be caught, but they always specifically select places where they will be caught. It's never in the mountains...

Uh, ask any 15 year old goth girl and they'd point you to the local cemetery.

What is this? Amateur Hour?

I suggest the one at the top of Queen Anne, great views and only the occasional snob rolling through with their pure bred.

Standing? No foreplay? All of a sudden I love my bed.

BDF @9, the search for the right tree IS the foreplay. By the time we select it - and it is very much a consensus discussion process, filled with delicious comments about each candidate's worthiness for selection and what potentially can or cannot be done there - we are both hot, horny and ready to go. At home, in our comfy and familiar bed, we've reached the age where quickies have become a rarity – we both need more time, more patience, and more lube in order to have a satisfying romp. But out in the woods, we can still feel like randy twenty-somethings.

I'm not sure what the appeal is for DEET in outdoor sex. If it's about the sun, the beautiful weather and the glorious feeling of being out under the trees, then DEET wouldn't have mentioned mosquitoes and smelly bug repellent. It doesn't seem to be about comfort.

If it is about beautiful weather and privacy, I'd recommend looking for an Air BnB with a private backyard. You could rent it for an overnight. You put out a blanket, have sex, then come inside where there's all the comforts of a hot shower and a cup of tea.

But from the way the letter is written, I'm starting to wonder if DEET likes the excitement of POSSIBLY being caught without running the risk of ACTUALLY being caught. As with some other forms of exhibitionism, that comes down to involving other people in your sex play without their consent. It may seem mild compared to other, more violent, forms of non-consensual sex, but it's still a pretty big violation as far as I'm concerned. Don't do it. (Exhibitionism in an environment as in a club where the audience is there for the purpose is another matter entirely.)

Do what they did on Dharma & Greg: wait 'til most people, including cops, are busy elsewhere. Which means you may need to wait for the Mariners to be in game seven.

As for mosquitos, the more clothes you leave on, the less skin is available for biting. Got latex fetishes?

@11: "Exhibitionism in an environment as in a club where the audience is there for the purpose is another matter entirely"

But that's obviously not the appeal, or they wouldn't be using public spaces.

https://youtu.be/MaAYexq7TcE

@13, personally I find that it's just as good of a substitute. But then, for me the appeal is being seen and watched (and hopefully appreciated), not so much the risk of getting caught doing something you shouldn't be. As with any kink, YMMV

I would feel remiss if I didn't mention that on May 1st is the Celtic holiday of Beltane, which is chock-full of sexual mythology and celebration. Apparently this is the time to perform rituals to ensure the fertility of your flocks and fields, and sex in said fields is widely encouraged as fertility blessing. Spiritually, it's the time when the Great Goddess and God come together, often depicted in ritual (symbolically or.... less symbolically). Oh, and that May Day tradition of the maypole? The digging of a hole for the pole is one of the most important parts of the ritual (often handled by women, while the men involved seek out an appropriate tree to serve as a pole, cut it down, and bring it back to the hole. So... yeah. Lots of lots of sexual imagery, as well as actual sex. And plenty of it outdoors!

While camping in the PNW, surrounded by tall trees, lakes and mountains, I often feel the urge. It’s the primate feeling of being one with nature or whatever you want to call it.
A suitable Savageville urban spot may be Seward Park, and my guess is that this time of year you won’t get too many hikers down by the amphitheatre stage. You still get trees, Lake Washington, and on a clear day Mt. Rainier on the horizon.
Just be extra careful of poisoned oak and other obnoxious plants.

http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/sewar…
https://www.google.com/search?q=seward+p…

Once did it under a tree in downtown Seattle. You know that one that stands alone in a weird triangular intersection. It was night and no one noticed. Also doing all the things Dan suggested. Def do all those things.

This isn't rocket science, people. If you really want to do it outside within city limits, just go down to Sodo along the Duwamish. Once I saw two homeless dudes blowing each other down on Spokane St and no one seemed to mind.

@19. Hilarious

I enjoy outdoor sex - the breezes on your skin, the spray from the ocean, the leaves rustling, the scents of nature, the stars in the sky - are lovely. The sand in your undies and the scraping on your backs and knees not so nice. And the getting arrested for indecent public exposure, or assaulted and raped by opportunistic criminals passing by, could be life-destroying!

Rent a cabin in the woods, or on the beach, with a deck/hot tub/private beach access etc., and go for it. Don't do it in the city. Seattle is too crowded now, even Hamlin is no long feasible for such fun and games.

But if you live in the sticks, wherein nary a human ever passes by where you want to have outside sex, and neirher of you have a stalker, then mazel tov. Do consider what's going to be under your back though.

In my younger nears, I once had sex under a tree in the Conagra headquarters complex in Omaha, Nebraska. Although it was the weekend and things were fairly deserted, we were within line of sight of perhaps a hundred different office windows. And there was a lake, and this lake had a boat with some sort of party on it going around the lake...

...but we were far enough away from anyone that whether we were having sex or just making out wouldn't be obvious.

For the straight folks, she wears an a-line skirt, he has a seat, and she sits in your lap. Can do it in full view of whoever, as long as they can't get to you before you can zip your pants back up. The more less discretion you require, the shorter the skirt.

I've also had sex in the glass stairwell going up to Adobe Gilas in full view of whoever happened to look up at the MB Financial park in Rosemont IL, but in retrospect I don't recommend that.... the margaritas there are not very good.

No matter your location, 1) Don't expose yourself (skirts for girls!) 2) make sure you can see any interlopers approaching before they get too close.

People are sneaky. Even if you stake out an area far from a path, miles from nowhere and haven't seen anybody for hours, within 30 seconds of penetration somebody will come along that path and stop to eat a snack at the point closest to your hiding place under a tree.

Also, avoid leaf-strewn slopes. You can end up sliding pretty far if you get vigorous.

I'm no expert I succeed less than half the time. I've tried:

Between sand dunes (not caught)
Alley (spotted by security guard)
Standing in a river with her on a rock (somebody saw, but they were nice and walked a ways around us)
On a slope strewn with oak leaves (not caught, but see above)
On a Ocean Beach in San Francisco with no cover at night (not caught, but we decided to go somewhere less sandy) and
On a beach in Mexico about 30 yards from a bar (someone came, she refused to believe that a row boat would make us invisible and I flew back to the US the next day :-( ).

Just keep your shades open. All the risk, but actually risk-free, and if anyone looks, well, you can blame them.

@#8 - That cemetery at the top of QA is perfect - had sex there a couple of times (at night though). Super fun and hot - and there's convenient benches placed throughout...

Lincoln Park, Golden Gardens, Woodland Park(not the Zoo part), Seward Park, Seahurst Park, even Seattle Center have all been good spots for a little sun on the buns for me and my partner.

Golden Gardens? Eek. SO MANY ROCKS.