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Illinois Beach State Park
Return to DiscussionsYears ago, nudity at IBSP in Zion was not uncommon, but it had gotten to be a cruising site, and was cracked down on hard (mostly by enforcing the rules about going off trails -- made it harder for honest naturist+naturalist folks like me to get pictures of some of the wildflowers).
Since then, there's always been a contingent of thong-clad men, and other nudity has been rare on the south unit -- I found secluded spots for sunning and discrete skinny-dips right on the beach in the north unit but those have lost their cover as erosion changes the beachfront year by year.
It appears that ranger patrols have been reduced (I'm guessing budget limits, especially with what they've had to spend after the last few years' storm damage). I've started to see a bit more flagrant nudity on the south unit (a topless woman this last sunday, a guy changing into his thong in full view of the beach). Especially further down the beach, it seems an opportunity to start colonizing the place again.
Sundays seem to be my best day to get there -- anyone else want to join me? Walk a mile south of the nature center, you might find me (but without a signal, you won't find me nude -- I'll see you coming).
I went to this park for the first time on Monday. I arrived and it was about 70 degrees but the wind was from the south and it stayed very warm on the sand. I hiked down to the river and met a man in a thong. I went ahead and got naked, and then he did too. Later we were joined by a young guy who also lost his speedo. On two different occasions, two clothed men past us on the way to the other side of the river. A young male/female couple spread their beach towels out within eye shot of us, but they were no problem, and the young lady seemed to have taken her top off. No rangers, no flies and no clouds. A perfect day. Only real problem was that i waited too long to put on my sunscreen. :( The sun was very hot!
Beautiful day at the beach - weather was about perfect, but biting flies are on the increase. Look for days with wind out of the east to keep the flies down (but it will generally be cooler on those days).
I spotted nudistbicpl's umbrella just past the dead river, and figured that was the right neighborhood so I set down a ways past them... but there was a regular traffic of joggers and walkers preventing total relaxation. The rangers drove by once; no issue with thongs or with being on the beach past the dead river (but stay out of the dunes).
Where is everybody? There were only a dozen cars in the lot, and
nobody even in thongs. Come join me just south of the dead river,
although I'm probably out of here by 4.
(later)I never did see any of the usual crowd. Flies were less annoying than last weekend. I picked a spot by the dead river where I could see folks coming from a long way off and cover up, but otherwise spent quite a while soaking up maximum sunshine.
With a day this hot -- and there were nice cool breezes off the lake every once in a while, I'm astounded that it was this empty. There weren't even many muggles (ahem) textiles. I drove past the main beach and it was moderately crowded, but usually there are a lot more people out on the nature center beach.
I was there last Friday afternoon (6/3/16). Weather was great. The wind was out of the SE, so there was no problem with the flies. Rangers didn't come by, and it looked like they hadn't been by for several days. Lot's of thongs, but no one was totally nude. Spoke to one guy who said he had been ticketed last year for being nude and they told him that they were going to stop ticketing nudists and start arresting them. I hate wearing a thong. I would much rather be nude, but I don't want to be arrested, so I guess I'll be keeping my thong on there.
I was there with you Dan. It was an awesome day. No flies, lots of thongs and there was some nudity. The two guys in the "bunker" were nude. The older one and the younger one.
Another beautiful Saturday. Water was warm, breeze kept the heat down, but I may have gotten a little crisp. Several guys in thongs on the main section of the Nature Center beach, several without beyond the dead river (including one guy who couldn't take hints that I wasn't chatty).
Only sign of rangers was older tire tracks, but vigilance is essential