Nude Beach List for Swinger Travel
Nude beaches, parks & resorts are great destinations for swingers to relax & shed their clothes. They are not places to try to have sex in public! Public Displays of Affection (PDAs) are discouraged or prohibited at vittually all of the places listed below. If you looking for places where you are welcome to have public sex with other consenting adults visit SDC.
Canada
These are just the most prominent nude beaches in Canada. For a more complete listing of free beaches and naturist resorts, visit Federation of Canadian Naturists. For general information on the naturist community, visit NetNude portal. For more information on top-freedom (toplessness) in Canada (and elsewhere), see Top-Free Equal Rights Association.
British Columbia
All areas of British Columbia, unless otherwise specified by town or city by-laws, allow both males and females to be topless in public.
Wreck Beach is the second largest clothing-optional beach in North America with over 100,000 visitors each year. On the shore of the Georgia Strait and the north arm of the Fraser River, it is part of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which is adjacent to the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver.
In Surrey, British Columbia, 2006 political wrangling has fallen in favour of allowing nude sunbathing at Crescent Rock Beach.
Red Sands Beach in Nelson, British Columbia is a nude beach used mainly by locals. Camping is also common there.
Ontario
All areas of Ontario, unless otherwise specified by town or city by-laws, allow both males and females to be topless in public.
Hanlan's Point Beach, on the Toronto Islands at is a sandy Clothing optional beach.
Quebec
Oka, Quebec (Oka National Park - known locally as Okapulco), is about 40 km from Montreal in Quebec.
Centre naturiste la Pommerie, in Quebec, a naturist camping where the annual Canadian Naturist Festival usually is held in August.
New Brunswick
Kouchibouguac, New Brunswick
Nunavut
Ellesmere Island
Costa Rica
Montezuma Beach
Just a thirty minutes hike north of Montezuma at Playa Grande you find a secluded beach with the option to go nude.
Jamaica
Most nudist beaches in Jamaica are private beaches owned by large resorts. Firefly Beach in Negril is open to the public.[5]
Mexico
Zipolite, Oaxaca: Zipolite beach has been nudist for more than 30 years. Nudism in Zipolite is tolerated, since Mexican law condemns only immorality and thus the issue ends up being a matter of the judge's criteria. This beach is reputed to be the best place for nudism in the country. The numerous nudists and the long tradition make it safe for nudists.
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo has a beach in town located near the Cozumel Ferry terminal that allows topless sunbathing, at least informally. Some topless sunbathing also occurs at Tulum, although not as commonly as in Playa del Carmen.
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo also has beach areas where topless sunbathing occurs, especially at Playa Norte.
Destiladores, Nayarit north of Puerto Vallarta,Jalisco and just north of Bucerias,Nayarit has a beach where nudism istolerated
Netherlands Antilles
On Aruba island, two beaches allow nudity, especially in late afternoon and dawn:
Baby Beach near Saint Nicholas.
Eagle Beach near Oranjestad.
Sint Maarten (Dutch side) and Saint Martin (French side) have a beach called
Orient Bay with the famous Club Orient facing flat island on the atlantic side.
No clothes on beach - in beachbar and hotel is tradition for more than 30 years now
Curacao has a legal nude beach at Sunset Waters Beach Resort near the west end of the island.
United States
Alaska
In Alaska, nudity is illegal; however, the lack of law enforcement allows many people to get away with it.
California
American River down river from the route 49 highway bridge. Biking path is on the south side of the vehicle bridge, after crossing the old concrete railroad bridge, several small trails lead down a steep bank to a series of large rock outcropping on the river.
Baker Beach is a beach of the National Park Service in San Francisco. The north end of the beach (closest to the Golden Gate bridge) is officially sanctioned as clothing-optional.[citation needed] [6]
Black's Beach, in La Jolla, a neighborhood of San Diego, is possibly the largest de facto clothing optional beach in the United States. Part of the beach is in a state park where it is legal to be nude, the rest is on city property where it is illegal to be nude but generally tolerated.
Marina Beach State Park (South side) - A 15 minute drive north of Monterey, CA. 15 minute hike over the sand dunes.
Bonny Doon Beach - About a 10-15 minute drive from Santa Cruz on N. Highway 1. Across from Bonny Doon Rd. Nude beach is down the cliff - there are two sections of beach - the south end is for clothed beachgoers, and the north end, divided from the main beach by a large rock, is for nude sunbathers.
College Cove Beach is in the town of Trinidad, north of Eureka in Northern Humboldt County.
Deep Creek Hot Springs - Clothing optional hot spring in the San Bernardino National Forest near Apple Valley, California
Desert Sun Resort - Formally Desert Shadows Inn. One of the premier nudist resorts in North America. Located in warm, sunny Palm Springs, CA.
Garrapata State Park - Clothing optional beach 15 minutes drive south of Carmel.
Devil's Slide or Gray Whale Cove is the only officially-sanctioned nude state-owned beach in California. Run for years by a private concessionaire who provided the only access to this remote beach, the State of California took over its operation in 2001.
Harbin Hot Springs is a retreat and workshop center 93.4 miles (150.3 km) northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, north of the Napa Valley, near Middletown, California.
Keough Hot Springs - Hot running creek with pools located near Bishop, California. Note: the resort at the end of the road is not clothing optional.
Laguna Creek Beach - Public beach frequented by nude sunbathers six miles (10 km) north of Santa Cruz on Highway 1.
Laguna Del Sol - Clothing optional resort in Wilton, near Sacramento, featuring camping and RV spots, a lake, heated swimming pools, spas, walking tracks, stores, restaurant and event center.
Land's End - Within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Land's End beach is considered the most beautiful nude beach in the San Francisco area. It is reached only by a steep, difficult trail.
Little Hot Creek east of Mammoth Lakes, California. To find this clothing optional hot springs, you'll need a good local map showing dirt roads.
Living Waters Spa near Palm Springs in Desert Hot Springs, CA, this swimsuit optional spa has hot spring water pools and the spa is an easy introduction to social nudity. [8]
Lupin Lodge - Naturist resort in Los Gatos, CA. Memberships available as well as day/night passes. Camping available. Just south of Silicon Valley, off Highway 17 (Idylwild Rd. exit).
Pirates Cove near San Luis Obispo, California
Terra Cotta Inn nudist resort, Palm Springs, CA
Red Rock Beach A half mile south of Stinson Beach, California
Saline Valley Warm Springs - Hot springs in Death Valley National Park
Russian River is right along U.S. 101 and CA 116
San Gregorio nude beach might be the oldest continuously active nude beach in the United States[citation needed]. It dates to 1967 and is 3 km (2 miles) of public beach which can be reached only by a private road near the town of San Gregorio on the San Mateo County coast, south of San Francisco. San Gregorio beach is the largest of about 20 clothing-optional beaches along the coast between San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
San Onofre Beach is 55 kilometres (34 miles) northwest of this beach (near San Clemente).
South Yuba River Hoyts Crossing is an area of swimming holes on the South Yuba, about a 20 minute hike upriver from the Highway 49 crossing. (north of Nevada City, California).
San Vicente Inn is a mostly gay clothing optional hotel located in West Hollywood, California.
The Terra Cotta Inn Clothing Optional Resort in sunny Palm Springs, CA, this nudist resort is popular with first-time nude sunbathers.
Zmudowski State Beach - Unofficial clothing-optional hidden beach within Moss Landing.
Colorado
Mountain Air Ranch Family Nudist Resort, a family nudist resort near Denver, Colorado. *** NOT FOR SWINGERS ***
Orvis Hot Springs, a clothing-optional natural hot springs in Ridgway, Colorado.
North end of the Boulder Reservoir, near Boulder
Connecticut
Solair Recreation League is New England´s oldest nudist camp and has a lake with a beach of its own deep in the woods of Connecticut. Motto:
For the young - and young at heart
. The camp is located at 65 Ide Perrin Road, Woodstock, Connecticut 06281
Florida
Haulover Beach, in Miami-Dade County (between Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, and Bal Harbour), the most popular nude beach in North America. Haulover Nude Beach is situated between the Intercostal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean and is part of Haulover Beach Park. This .4 mile stretch of white sand shores, open ocean surf, various shaded picnic facilities, beautifully landscaped sand dunes, and concession stands has attracted as many as 7,000 people on a single day. The northern nude area is officially recognized as clothing-optional with official signs and is only a part of the Haulover Beach Park but attracts 66% to 85% of park visitors.
Playalinda Beach, part of Canaveral National Seashore operated by the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (US Fish & Wildlife Service) - Titusville, FL; has long allowed nudity and has an unofficial clothing optional beach located at the north end of Lot 13 and north of dune crossover 13B. While there is no federal law restricting nude sunbathing, Brevard County passed an ordinance against nudity but the Sherriff is not enforcing it pending a challenge [8] to the constitutionality of the ordinance.
Lake Como Family Nudist Resort in Pasco County,Florida, is one of Florida's oldest. It is a resident-owned cooperative of almost 200 acres (0.81 km2) in a very natural setting of which 51 acres (210,000 m2) are registered as woodland and 60 acres (240,000 m2) as wetland. Five lakes are within or border the property. Lake Como exemplifies the ideals of the International Naturist Federation that include
self-respect, respect for others, and for the environment.
Non-resident memberships in the resort are available, and free tours are available for those interested. *** Swingers Must Avoid All PDA (Public Displays of Affection) at family resorts ***
South Beach in Miami permits topless sunbathing, partially due to the large amount of foreign tourists and immigrants found on the beach.
Key West Private Sailing Charters offers 4 hour, 6 hour, snorkeling, SCUBA, sunset and custom overnight sailboat trips from Key West's historic harborwalk (just a few minutes walk from Duval Street) on which nudity is permitted.
Key West There are not any legal nude beaches, however Boca Chica has been used for clothing optional for many years. Most use is by locals who have kept it secret for years. There are some sandy beach areas, but do not expect wide sandy beachs, this is a more secluded area. There are no facilities or anyone to clean up after you so please remove anything you take! This is just like having your own beach. Go to mile marker 10 on highway 1, turn beside Circle K on SR 941, follow it to the end approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) and park. Walk beyond concrete barricade and you have a 4-mile (6.4 km) stretch all to your self. You can find additional information at Florida Keys Naturists
Apollo Beach - Canaveral National Seashore (National Park Service) - New Smyrna Beach, FL in the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Apollo Beach is an unofficial but traditionally safe area for nude sunbathers with positive support from the National Park Rangers. No official signs exist, but the clothing optional sunbathing area starts south of marker 29, just south of parking area 5. Scarce parking usually limits visitors to less than a hundred at a time. There is another Apollo Beach in Hillsborough County, Fl that has a very small beach inside the Tampa Bay and very close to the TECO electric plant. This is not a naturist beach and violators are fined.
Hawaii
Donkey Beach on Kaua'i
Kehena Beach (Dolphin Beach) is a black sand beach in the Puna District of the Island of Hawai'i ( Big Island )
Larsen's Beach on Kaua'i
Little Makena Beach in Makena State Park, Maui
Red Sand Beach near Hana on Maui
Secret Beach on Kaua'i
Slaughterhouse Beach in Hana Highway on Maui
HanginLoose Clothing-Optional Retreat & Botanical Gardens --
Big Island
Idaho
(TNS and AANR) Bare Mountain Hideaway is a substantial 130-acre (0.53 km2) nudist club near Boise, Idaho. Started in 1981 and is only open from late April to mid-October
(TNS, AANR-NW) Sun Meadows Resort in Worley (at the south end of Lake Coeur d'Alene) was the site of the 2005 TNS Gathering.
Illinois
Nude sunbathing and swimming has occurred at Illinois Beach State Park, 1.6 km (one mile) south of the park headquarters building, at the end of the beach.
Until 1995, nude night swimming occurred at Oak Street Beach in Chicago and other beaches on Lake Michigan, prior to its elimination by police patrols.
Blue Lake Resort is a family oriented nudist park located in Erie, Il, in the Rock River Valley of Northwestern Illinois, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the Quad City area (Moline, Rock Island and Davenport). approximately 20 acres (81,000 m2) of sunny and shaded areas situated amid 98 acres (400,000 m2) of farm land. The camp facilities are approved by the State of Illinois each year.
Indiana *** NOT FOR SWINGERS ***
Drakes Ridge Rustic Nudist Retreat in Bennington is a rural, wooded setting in the hills of Switzerland County, midway between the three major cities of Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati, and thirteen miles (19 km) north of Vevay.
Fern Hill Club in Bloomington Fern Hills Club is in the center of about 75 acres (300,000 m2) of hardwood forest that the members enjoy by walking the trails or using their golf carts.
Lake O' Woods Club in Valparaiso Lake O' The Woods Club is a member owned, family oriented, cooperative nudist club that was founded in 1933 and is located on 130 acres (0.53 km2) of woods and features a 20-acre (81,000 m2) lake.
Ponderosa Sun Club in Roselawn The purpose of this club is to promote health and happiness for its members. The Ponderosa Sun Club is a family oriented nudist resort (not clothing optional) located in rural Roselawn Indiana on about 88 acres (360,000 m2) wooded. Ponderosa Sun Club opened in 1965, the focus of the club's activities is their 65' wide by 120' long swimming pool with concrete sunning apron and a formal garden.
Sunshower Country Club in Centerville Sunshower Country Club is a family nudist resort established in 1959.
Sunny Haven Recreation Park in Granger Sunny Haven Recreation Park, located near South Bend, Indiana, has been the home to family nude recreation in northern Indiana since 1947.
Kansas
The Naturist Society is affiliated with Lake Edun in Topeka and Prairie Haven in Scranton.
The American Association for Nude Recreation is associated with the Sandy Lane Club in Hutchinson.
Camp Gaea is a clothing optional, non-denominational retreat center/campground located just east of McLouth, Kansas.
Maryland
Camp Ramblewood in Darlington is available for groups wishing to host clothing-optional events.
Maryland Health Society in Davidsonville, Maryland is privately owned nudist club.
Maryland Area Naturist Association in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area of Maryland in a privately owned nudist club that rents various facilities for events.
Pine Tree Associates in Crownsville, founded in 1934, is a cooperatively-owned, nudist club. http://www.pinetreeclub.org/
Massachusetts
Nantucket: Public nudity is unofficially tolerated in the area between Miacomet Beach and Surfside Beach.
Martha's Vineyard:
Moshup Beach in Aquinnah in contains an area where public nudity is unofficially tolerated. (Both the area and the beach are often called Gay Head .)
Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark contains an area where public nudity is permitted.
MVBoat offers private charter trips on which nudity is permitted.
Provincetown: Public nudity has at times been tolerated on the beaches around Provincetown, especially in the small area that is not part of the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Michigan
Turtle Lake Resort in Union City.
Northaven Resort in Brooklyn
Cherry Lane Resort in North Adams
Minnesota
The Oakwood Club and Avatan Nudist club (both affiliated with the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) function and hold land for recreation in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Both are private clubs. Several other landless clubs operate in the region.
Missouri
The American Association for Nude Recreation is associated with the nudity-required Forty Acre Club in Londell, Missouri.
The Naturist Society is affiliated with Heartland Naturists near Kansas City and Show Me Acres in Stover
Nevada
Lake Tahoe's Nevada shore includes several clothing-optional beaches - the best-known is Secret Cove.
New Hampshire
Cedar Waters Village in Nottingham, New Hampshire. A 20-acre (81,000 m2) lake, surrounded by over 850 acres (3.4 km2) of forrest.
New Jersey
Rock Lodge Club is a family-oriented nudist club on 60 ha (145 acres) of privately-owned land in the Highlands forests of New Jersey, about 65 km (40 miles) from Manhattan, New York.
Gunnison Beach in Sandy Hook, New Jersey, a part of the National Park Service's multi-state Gateway National Recreation Area, is a clothing-optional beach by custom and is the largest such beach in the Northeastern United States (there are several other public beaches on Sandy Hook where nudity is not tolerated). In 1999, New Jersey passed a law a bill that prohibits all types of nudism on state or municipal beaches, making Gunnison Beach the only legal nude beach in the state, since it is on federal land not subject to state or municipal regulations. [12] Gunnison Beach offers dramatic views of lower Manhattan and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and is officially recognized as clothing-optional with permanent park signs and full lifeguard and police protection. It is the largest clothing-optional beach on the Atlantic coast of the US, and draws more than 5,000 visitors per day on most sunny summer weekends.
Sunset Beach on the west, bay side of Cape May. This is not a sanctioned nudist area (see previous), but nudity is commonplace here nevertheless.
Sky Farm Club is a private cooperative in central New Jersey. Situated on 35 acres (140,000 m2) in Somerset County, Sky Farm have promoted family nudism since 1932.
Good Land Country Club is a nudist club in Hackettstown.
New Mexico
Ten Thousand Waves, Santa Fe, New Mexico. A family-friendly unique mountain spa resort with clothing-optional unisex areas with hot tub, sauna, cold plunge, and suntanning deck.
New York
Lighthouse Beach, Fire Island National Seashore, NY, a part of the National Park Service is just east of Robert Moses State Park on the barrier island known as Fire Island separating the main part of Long Island from Fire Island with the Great South Bay between them. Clothing-optional by custom, this beach has been so for over 30 years.
Empire Haven in Moravia, NY.
Full Tan Sun Club in Sprakers, NY.
Ithaca, NY is known for some tolerance of nudity, particularly top-free women, but the infamous Potter's Falls almost always has skinnydippers in warmer weather.
Oregon
Rooster Rock State Park along the Columbia River.
Collins Beach on Sauvie Island near Portland.
Bare Lake in Southern Oregon near Howard Prairie Lake.
Bagby Hot Springs
Cougar Hot Springs
Breitenbush Hot Springs has a clothing-optional policy for all hot springs pools and tubs.
Ohio
Paradise Gardens.
Buckeye Bares is an Ohio family nudist group. Members, guests and visitors are always welcome to enjoy the friendship and fun that only nude recreation can offer. [22].
Many city parks in Columbus, Ohio allow both sexes to go topless.
Oklahoma
Oaklake Trails is a clothing-optional family nudist resort located between Tulsa and Oklahoma City near the town of Depew, Oklahoma. At over 400 acres (1.6 km2), Oaklake is one of the largest land-area nudist resorts in the United States. Amenities include hiking trails, a fully furnished clubhouse with community kitchen, outdoor pool, dozens of RV hookups with 30 or 50 amp electric and water, acres of space for tent camping (some areas with electric hookups), rentable tents, and a rentable cabin suite. [23]
Pennsylvania
Sunny Rest in Palmerton, Pennsylvania
See West Penn Naturist Links
White Thorn Lodge in Western Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Cedar Creek Park in Pelion, South Carolina
Sunair Health Club in Graniteville, South Carolina
Travelites Nudist Club in Columbia, South Carolina
Bird Island near Sunset Beach, NC
Texas
Hippie Hollow Clothing-Optional Nudist Park, on the shore of Lake Travis northwest of Austin.
High Island, between Winnie and Rollover Pass. At the junction of Highway 127 and Highway 87, the portion of Highway 87 to the east has been closed since 1990 due to hurricane damage. Approximately 1-5 miles east of the junction is an area that has become an unofficial nude beach. Galveston County follows Texas state law for Indecent exposure, which allows women to remain topfree unless someone complains and they are instructed to cover up, and full nudity under certain non-sexual circumstances. There is also an unofficial nude beach approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of South Padre Island.
Utah
Diamond Fork Hot Springs, near Spanish Fork.
Vermont
Vermont state law does not prohibit public nudity, so nudity is allowed any where that is has not been specifically prohibited. The city of Burlington, for example, has prohibited nudity in public parks, but nudity is allowed anywhere else in the city.
Abbotts Glen in Halifax.
The Ledges, on the Harriman Reservoir in Wilmington.
Starr Farm Beach in Burlington.
Knight Island, an island in Lake Champlain just off of St. Albans.
Washington
Wisconsin
Mazo Beach on the Wisconsin River.