Nudists Who Want Anti-Nudism Laws C
A group for those of us who want to have anti-nudism laws in our areas or states overturned or changed!
- created by DMK1984
vermont
Return to Discussionsanyone from vermont, can you tell us the real facts on vermont liberal stance on nudity and if you can be nude not so much in a public place but maybe a hike or swim off the beaten path and other than the naked bike ride would it be possible to bicycle down a country road nudeand not worry about prosecution or am i dreaming.
Thanks to now Senator Patrick Leahy who was at one time the Attorney General in Vermont skinny-dipping in a fairly remote area is not a problem. It is not allowed on beaches that have a lot of public use, but if you are not at one of those places and are caught skinny-dipping you could be asked to move elsewhere by the police if someone complained. Skinny-dipping in the past was not a problem and there are better things for the police to do than go after innocent behaving people that are swimming nude.
There are a lot of nice places in Vt to skinny dip and when I lived in the New England area I did get to many of them.
I'm not entirely sure if this is correct, but from what someone told me or I'm lead to believe is that you can be naked in Vermont, hiking or what ever, but you can get in trouble if someone actually catches you in the act of taking off your clothes.. If you're already naked, fine, but its the act of disrobing that could get you.. just letting you know what I've heard..
There is a lot of truth and accuracy in all the posts here about Vermont. I live in New Hampshire, where nudity is illegal most everywhere, but I spend a lot of time hiking and swimming naked in Vermont. Nudity is basically legal on all public land, or rather it is not illegal or outlawed on public land in Vermont. After, as aforementioned, that guy walked down Main Street with just his fanny pack they did not retract the laws, they just refined them. You can not walk down Main Street nude and you can not be nude in city parks. In adjusting the laws they allowed communities to create local ordinances to specifically restrict nudity in certain places. You will not find nude people on busy popular hiking trails but if you do get naked in some of those places it's actually not illegal. Anyone has the right to ask you to put clothes on. You then have the right to refuse. If it escalates to a quarrel, local authorities can be consulted, but it's not illegal. What I don't know is if you could then be charged with sime kind of disruptive behavior or something like that, but not for the nudity. I was talking to a state park ranger about this last year and he assured me I can be naked anywhere in Vermont and that its protected. One funny detail is you are not supposed to be seen taking your clothes off. You can appear nude, but not be seen stripping. Some locals told me, and laughing as they explained it, they can sit out in their own yard nude as long as they walk out of the house nude. They are not supposed to be seen taking their clothes off. They all thought, although not certain, that this is an anti stripping protection ordinance. But if you are at a traditionally naked swimming or walking trail like at Rock River in Newfane, The Ledges in Wilmington, or at Lake Willoughby, you can come clothed and remove them there in public. You can be freely naked anywhere at those places and at many others in Vermont. I tend to hike nude in the places where I know people might expect naked hikers or where I am pretty sure I won't encounter alot of people. I am hoping next summer or the one after, to hike up a mountain naked with one or two others and set up a camp along the trail and stay naked the entire time. There are some tent sites right close to the trail. That way all the hikers will pass by us and probably see us sitting or walking around naked. We will not be in their way, they can walk right by but they would be able to see us and hopefully it might just help send a message that nudity is natural and not going to hurt anyone. I wouldn't feel as comfortable doing that in New Hampshire, even though I have. But I would feel totally comfortable doing it in Vermont.
Yes! As open as the laws are, the local attitude can be a delicate balancing act. All government is local in Vermont. It would take very little to sway public opinion away from nudist friendly policies. There are locals who hate that people come just to get naked. I have met people in southern Vermont who travel three hours south because their friends in northern Vermont are biased and opposed to open nudity. There is a current plan to being more textiles into some of the nude areas hoping they will then, when struck with the beauty of the place, will complain and put pressure on the locals to pass ordinances to ban nudity. When you have a small depressed socially conservative low income area, and they realize the money textiled tourists will bring in they will not think twice about banning the nudity that a handful of locals and seasonal tourists bring in. I am very respectful and discreet and I hope anybody who checks out Vermont is the same.
... I am hoping next summer or the one after, to hike up a mountain naked with one or two others and set up a camp along the trail and stay naked the entire time.
I also live in New Hampshire and find the hour drive to Vermont well worth it. Lots of places to hike and soak there. I've hiked around Stratton Mountain and camped at Stratton Pond and enjoyed those times.
you can get in trouble if someone actually catches you in the act of taking off your clothes.. If you're already naked, fine, but its the act of disrobing that could get you.. just letting you know what I've heard..
From what I've read regarding VT that is the case. And that's normal. Can't disrobe in public. But I would imagine that if you were at a skinny-dipping spot or something like that, it wouldn't matter. Nonetheless, it's no big deal to get undressed in your car.