What are the best nude beaches in New Jersey?
NEW Jersey is one of 11 states in the US to have unofficial nude beaches.
The most popular nude beach in the US is located in New Jersey.
What are the best nudist beaches in New Jersey?
The only nude beach in New Jersey is in Monmouth County, located about 90 minutes outside New York City.
Although topless sunbathing is prohibited in most of the state, designated areas in Monmouth County allow individuals to shed their clothes.
''You draw more attention here with your clothes on than with your clothes off,'' Gunnison beachgoer Al Kononowitz told NJ.com.
Gunnison Beach is the only beach in New Jersey that is deemed a nude beach and has a "get naked or get lost" policy.
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It is the only legal nude beach in the state and demonstrates inclusivity with people of all shapes and sizes visiting for a quality tan.
Khadafy Khan told the outlet that the nudists are "all average people. There are artists, funeral directors, teachers, nurses, doctors.''
He continued: "There's an openness about it, a freedom.''
"It's not for everybody,'' Kononowitz said. "If people don't want to be here, we don't want them here.''
What are other popular nudist beaches?
There are only four states that have a strict policy prohibiting nude beaches in the US.
Those states include Utah, Indiana, Tennessee, and South Carolina, and an additional 11 states allow nude sunbathing in designated areas.
The states are Washington, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
Haulover Beach Park in Miami, Florida is the most popular nude beach in the US with over 1.3million people visiting it every year and has an annual National Nude Recreation Week festivities in July.
The top nine nude beaches in the US are:
- Little Beach: Maui, Hawaii
- Baker Beach: San Francisco, California
- Gunnison Beach: Highlands, New Jersey
- Kehena Beach: Pāhoa, Hawaii
- Collins Beach: Portland, Oregon
- Moshup Beach, Aquinnah, Massachusetts
- Black's Beach, La Jolla, California
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Is nudity legal in New Jersey?
New Jersey has ambiguous laws surrounding nudity within the state, allowing governing bodies of each municipality to determine if it is allowed within their jurisdiction.
However, a statewide law prohibits exposing oneself in a lewd or offensive act to a non-consenting individual.
Every municipality in New Jersey is permitted to make, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances regulating nudity.