British Columbia has thousands of kilometres of coastline and thousands of lakes, as well as millions of hectares of natural parks and undeveloped land. The vast majority of these areas are mostly uninhabited and nude swimming and sunbathing can be done with little concern for disturbing others. In the populated areas, particularly the Lower Mainland, Greater Victoria, and the Okanagan, nudity is generally practiced only in certain established or isolated locations (usually beaches) and on private properties.
Toplessness is common on most beaches. Nudity is encountered at:
Gouveneur Beach (at the western end)
Saline beach (towards the east and little further in the small bay called Petite Saline)
Saint Martin
Toplessness is permitted on all beaches on the French side of the island, but many secluded beaches attract nude sunbathers.
The Jardin d'O is a couples-only clothing-optional resort located between Grand Case and Orient Bay.[48]
Orient Bay Beach (Baie Orientale) includes an official nude south section which was the location of the Club Orient naturist resort that was destroyed by Hurricane Irma.[49][50]
Residence Adam & Eve is an adult-only clothing-optional resort located at Orient Bay close to the nude beach. Nude catamaran sailing cruises are also available.[51]
While toplessness is accepted, there are no public nude beaches and few clothing-optional resorts.[53]
Couples Negril
Couples Sans Souci
Couples Tower Isle
Hedonism II in Negril
Beach nudity in Playa Zipolite, Mexico is legal.[54] Elsewhere, Mexican law condemns only "immorality" and thus the issue ends up being a matter of the judge's criteria.
Zipolite, Oaxaca
As of 2016, Playa Zipolite is Mexico's first legal nude beach.[54][55] Annually since 2016, on the first weekend of February, Zipolite has hosted Festival Nudista Zipolite[56] organized by the Federación Nudista de México.[57]
Hotel Nude,[58] Zipolite's first nude-optional resort[59]
CAMP,[60] clothing-optional hostel and gathering center
Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
AZULIK[61] is a clothing-optional resort in Tulum. Beside Papaya Playa Project,[62] its beach is accessible for nude sunbathing.
Intima Resort (formerly Mak Nuk), nude resort in the town of Tulum[63]
Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, has beach areas where topless sunbathing occurs, especially at Playa Norte.
Black's Beach in La Jolla, San Diego is one of the largest and most-visited nude beaches in the United States. The northern part of the beach is in a state park where nudity is officially permitted, while the southern part is on city property where nudity is illegal but somewhat tolerated.
San Francisco has traditionally tolerated public nudity to a greater degree than anywhere else in California. A law passed by the city council in the fall of 2012 and which went into effect in February 2013 made public nudity an infraction outside of a few designated areas. Female toplessness remains legal throughout the city.[106]
Female toplessness is allowed in the cities of Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins, since these cities do not make any distinction between female toplessness and male bare chested.[115] On February 15, 2019, The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Free the Nipple as to female toplessness being equal to male toplessness. This decision legalized female toplessness in the state.[116]
Dakota Hot Springs (formerly known as "The Well"),[117] in Penrose
Female toplessness is allowed throughout the state, since Maine's law only prohibits the public exposure of the genitals. Local ordinances may restrict toplessness & nudity.[190]
Bare Acres Retreat[216] is a clothing-optional campground in Putnam County.
Cactus Canyon Campground, near Ava, a male-only nude campground
Forty Acre Club,[217] in Lonedell, a family-friendly nudist campground
Heartland Naturists,[218] a non-landed group organized in Kansas City affiliated with The Naturist Society
Natural Pines Resort[219] in Memphis, a clothing-optional, adult lifestyle-friendly campground
Show Me Acres[220] in Stover,[184] a former family-oriented nudist resort and campground
Montana
Simple nudity in Montana is not necessarily against the law, but nudity can be considered indecent exposure if accompanied by any sexual activity or any activity intending to affront or alarm another or for sexual gratification. However, many towns and municipalities have separate ordinances restricting nudity within town and city limits.
Lolo Hot Springs allows occasional adult-only nudity.[citation needed]
The Oasis 33, a clothing-optional retreat in southeast Montana[221]
Blue Moon Resort was a small resort hotel for gay men in Las Vegas.[225][226]
Las Vegas Naturists, a private clothing-optional resort, allowing only couples and adults
The Mirage's poolside lounge "Bare" in which guests can go topless.[227] This is one of the few hotel pools in Las Vegas that allow female toplessness.[228]
Sea Mountain Nude Resort and One Love Temple in Las Vegas Strip, a couples-only lifestyle club and spa[229]
New Hampshire
Cedar Waters Village in Nottingham, a non-secular, heterosexual-only park[230]
Naturist New Hampshire, a clothing-optional travel club[231]
New Jersey
Batsto River Beach near Batsto has tolerated nudity.
Gunnison Beach in Sandy Hook, a part of the National Park Service's multi-state Gateway National Recreation Area, is a clothing-optional beach and is the largest such beach in the Northeastern United States. Gunnison Beach also has a prominent gay nudist area, one of the most popular gay beaches in New Jersey.[233] In 1999, New Jersey passed a law a bill that prohibits all types of nudity 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.[234] Gunnison Beach offers dramatic views of Brooklyn and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and is officially recognized as clothing-optional with permanent park signs and full lifeguard and police protection.[39][235]
Bare Cottage[237] in Coyote, a clothing-optional retreat in Santa Fe National Forest
Faywood Hot Springs,[238] located north of Deming, a partially clothing-optional camping resort
Mi Casa Bed and Breakfast in Albuquerque, now permanently closed
Ten Thousand Waves[239] in Santa Fe, a family-friendly Japanese-style mountain spa resort with clothing-optional facilities
New York
Due to a 1992 Court of Appeals ruling (People v. Santorelli et al.), women may be topless anywhere in the state of New York for non-commercial purposes. (A concurring minority opinion reached the constitutional, i.e., equal rights issue, but the majority decision did not.)
Young Naturists & Nudists America was a website promoting the nonsexual naturist lifestyle, which organized events intermittently, focused on the young adult (21- to 35-year-old) demographic.
Alice Falls in Keeseville, family-friendly nude sunbathing
Bonita Nudist Retreat in Candor,[240] no longer a nudist resort
"(a) Unless the conduct is punishable under subsection (a1) of this section, any person who shall willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place and in the presence of any other person or persons, except for those places designated for a public purpose where the same sex exposure is incidental to a permitted activity, or aids or abets in any such act, or who procures another to perform such act; or any person, who as owner, manager, lessee, director, promoter or agent, or in any other capacity knowingly hires, leases or permits the land, building, or premises of which he is owner, lessee or tenant, or over which he has control, to be used for purposes of any such act, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor."[253]
Paradise Gardens, Cincinnati, now closed as a naturist venue[262]
Oklahoma
Oaklake Trails in Depew, a clothing-optional family-oriented nudist resort[263]
Oklahoma Naturists in Stuart, an adult-only nudist bed and breakfast and winery affiliated with AANR[264]
Oregon
Public nudity is generally legal in Oregon, unless it is part of a commercial venture or intended to induce sexual excitement. Some parts of Oregon (including Portland, Eugene, Ashland and Happy Valley) have local laws prohibiting public nudity. However, Oregon law defines nudity as displaying genitals, hence both men and women are allowed to be topfree in public throughout the state.[265][266]
Alpenglow Ranch Clothing Optional B&B and Resort in Bend part of Clothing Optional Home Network and AANR-affiliated[267]
Texas has no laws forbidding female toplessness, although in most parts of the state topless women may be charged with disorderly conduct. Austin tolerates female toplessness within its city limits.
Fifth Water Hot Springs (also known as Diamond Fork Hot Springs) near Salt Lake City[292]
Vermont
Vermont state law prohibits disrobing in public but does not prohibit public nudity, so nudity is allowed anywhere that it has not been specifically prohibited by a city or town. The city of Burlington, for example, has prohibited nudity in public parks, but nudity is allowed anywhere else in the city.[293] Specific locations at which individuals practice social nudity include:
Peacock, Leslie Newell (May 4, 2007). "Naked comes the bather". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
Malloy, Betsy. "Baker Beach – Nude Beach Profile – Baker Beach". About.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011. Stay in the nude section north of the Hazardous Surf sign, or the rangers may cite you.
"Land's End Beach". San Francisco Bay Guardian. January 4, 2010. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2011. Shorts, swimsuit, even work clothes during a quick lunch break – they all can be removed at this delightful cove, which features a mix of sand and rocks, plus some of San Francisco's best views.
Johnston, Lori (April 5, 2010). "Q&A on the News". Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The (GA). News. pp.A2. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2012. We identified five clothing-optional camps in Georgia...
Ranieri, Tina (May 15, 2010). "Nude roller skating". Atlanta Examiner (GA). Atlanta Roller Derby Examiner. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2012. Paradise Valley Resort and Club, Dawsonville, Ga, is a family resort and club, but tends to be an older crowd. Three years ago, Joe Lettelleir, a St. Petersburg, Fla., developer, purchased the resort and made major improvements to the tune of a $32 million construction of 152 condominium units and 45 town homes. Lettelleir already has built a new clubhouse and indoor pool.
"Once-reclusive nudists opening up to outside world". LaGrange Daily News (GA). News. October 15, 2006. pp.A004. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2012. On weekends, the Valley's three pools are standing-room only, and the diner (motto: "No top, no shoes, no problem") is packed.
"Camp Gaea Forums - FAQ". Camp Gaea. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012. Is Camp Gaea a Nudist Camp? NO, Camp Gaea is designed as a recreational retreat center for the purpose of cultural and spiritual education. As such, the camp promotes tolerance, acceptance and respect between groups and individuals. We neither promote nor discourage nudity as it is a personal and spiritual choice. However, clothing is required in many places, such as in public buildings, on or along the main access roads, and open areas adjacent to property fence lines. As such, if you are walking and enjoying Gaea, you should have suitable clothing to cover when in areas where required as well as provide some clothing or material to sit on.
Rock, Steve (September 1, 2004). "Nudists lay bare their lifestyle - "This only seems weird to the uninformed", club members say". Kansas City Star, The (MO). News. pp.A1. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2012. While certainly not common, recreational areas for nudists are not unheard of in Missouri and Kansas. There is Show Me Acres, the aptly named resort in Stover. In Kansas, the Sandy Lane Club in Hutchinson and Prairie Haven in Scranton are, like Show Me Acres, members of the American Association for Nude Recreation and offer resort- or campground-type settings.
Collins, Andrew. "Gay Beach at Cherry Grove". About.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2011. The beautiful clothing-optional beach at Cherry Grove...
Web Easy Professional Avanquest Software (July 28, 2011). "Paradise Gardens -". Nudelife.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
"Today In Brief". St. Albans Messenger (VT). News. April 26, 2010. pp.1A. SHELDON – Maple Glen, Inc., located on Maple Glen Road in Sheldon has applied for an Act 250 permit to approve the construction of nearly a dozen already existing buildings on the property.
"About Camp NCN". Camp NCN. July 15, 2009. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2011. Camp NCN is an Adult 18+ Sexual Freedom Campground, Nudity is welcome here, but we are more than a Nudist Camp. We are a mixture of Nudist, Voyeurs, Exhibitionist, and Swingers, joined in one campground, to enjoy what ever your fantasies are.