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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cottage Lake, Washington

Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Cottage Lake — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 4 reported cameras around Cottage Lake, Washington

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Cottage Lake

No new reports near Cottage Lake in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 22:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Cottage Lake

The readers mapped around Cottage Lake break down as 4 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: The Hedges Homeowners Association, Tuscany Homeowners Association. Every report here dates to Aug 2025.

211th Way Northeast — 2 readers
198th Drive Northeast — 2 readers

Cottage Lake in the King County picture

King County has 462 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,363 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 2,262,713 residents and 10,773 road miles. By road density that is 0.04 cameras per road mile, in the top 14.9% of counties nationally.

Operators named on the record: The Hedges Homeowners Association (2), Tuscany Homeowners Association (2).

What’s watching Cottage Lake

These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Cottage Lake — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cottage Lake (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Cottage Lake

Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.

Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.

Cameras near Cottage Lake

Woodinville (2) Kingsgate (1) Redmond (14) Bothell (3)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).