To Join a Club or Not to Join

Do you already have enough friends who share your feelings on clothing optional recreation?
Do you already have the active social life you want?
Do you already know all the places to go?
Do you already know the law pertaining to clothing optional recreation?
Are you already well informed about threats to clothing optional recreation?
Do you always feel safe where you go?

What kind of club should I join?

There are four types to choose from:
1) Nudist Resorts
2) Clothing Optional Resorts
3) Social/Travel Clubs
4) Site Protecting Clubs
5) On-Line Clubs

What is the difference between clothing optional and nude? If you go to a nudist club, clothing is not an option. Once you go there, you must take your clothes off. If you go to a clothing optional site, you can watch others while you rationalize about not taking your clothes off. Some of the nudist clubs have clothing optional trails and nudity is required in their central recreation area. You should contact the club to determine if it's clothing optional or nudist.

There are a few nationwide clubs that other clubs affiliate with. Among those are The Naturist Society and American Association for Nude Recreation. They can help you find clubs close to you.

A Few California Resorts

De Anza Springs Resort
East of San Diego Desert Sun
Palm Springs

Glen Eden
near Corona Lupin, Los Gatos

Laguna Del Sol
near Sacramento Living Waters Spa
Near Palm Springs

Olive Del
in San Bernardino County Silver Valley Sun Club
Near Barstow

A Few Florida Resorts

Paradise Lakes Timeshares at Paradise Lakes

Lake Como

Sunsport Gardens

Fraternity Snoqualmie, near Seattle Washington
Turtle Lake Resort, Michigan

Beaches

Most beaches are public, which means clothing optional, at best.

Black's Beach, San Diego

San Onofre, San Diego/Orange County Line

Silver Strand, Coronado, California Little Beach, Maui, Hawaii

Rincon Beach, near Carpinteria , California: Apparently, nudity is no longer an option.

Hot Springs (Clothing Optional)

Hot springs are often private. These are clothing optional, either allowed or isolated enough that you can get away with it.
Canon Guadalupe, Mexico (private)
Deep Creek Hot Springs (public),near Hesperia , California

Harbin Hot Springs (private), near Ukiah, California
Orr Hot Springs (private) , near Ukiah, California

Social/Travel Clubs

	Camping Bares, a Southern California, anarchistic dis-organization, dedicated to the destruction of the fabric of our society. (That is a well thought out mission statement.)
	Southern California Naturist Association is based in Los Angeles. They meet at member homes and travel to nearby clubs, beaches and hot springs.
	Naturists in the Orange County organizes swims at a Huntington Beach City pool.
	Nudist Clubhouse is an on-line social network with a chat room.
	Las Vegas Bares
	Slugs, a Seattle club, Sun Lovers Under Gray Skies.

Site Protecting Clubs:

Black's Beach Bares	Deep Creek Volunteers PO Box 5988 Orange, CA 92863-5988	Friends of San Onofre Beach
Bay Area Naturists, protecting beaches in the San Francisco Bay area

De Anza Springs Resort East of San Diego	Desert Sun Palm Springs
Glen Eden near Corona	Lupin, Los Gatos
Laguna Del Sol near Sacramento	Living Waters Spa Near Palm Springs
Olive Del in San Bernardino County	Silver Valley Sun Club Near Barstow

Paradise Lakes	Timeshares at Paradise Lakes
Lake Como
Sunsport Gardens

	Black's Beach, San Diego
	San Onofre, San Diego/Orange County Line
Silver Strand, Coronado, California	Little Beach, Maui, Hawaii
Rincon Beach, near Carpinteria , California: Apparently, nudity is no longer an option.