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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).
Got there yesterday. About a half-dozen folks nude (not merely thonged) on the south unit. No sign of rangers at all.There was a group of three (two men, one woman), who seemed very willing to be seen, did not cover up when another couple walked by. I got in a skinny-dip: the water was warmer than it was in August.
My usual mini-coves on the north unit were devastated by the September storms, it's harder to walk the whole way without dodging fallen trees. Only saw one other person on the north unit, I spoke to a woman from Montana, who had no issues with a guy wearing only a towel.
I wish I could get out again today: even with a federal holiday, I'm up to my armpits in meetings.