Gunnison Beach is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, the only Nude Beach in New Jersey and one of the major clothing-optional recreation areas in the New York metro area.
The clothing optional beach attracts nearly 5,000 naturists per weekend in the summer months.
It was named for the Gunnison Battery, a fortification built by the US Government to protect New York Harbor in the 1800's. Remnants of the battery, including gun emplacements, overlook the beach. It was once part of Fort Hancock, a test site and proving ground for the US Army for many years and was later the site of a Nike missile defense installation.
Part of the beach is shared on a seasonal basis with a reserved breeding ground for the endangered Piping Plover, a native shore bird.
At the Sandy Hook admissions booth, ask for directions to Parking area "G"
A nude beach (aka clothing-optional beach, free beach or European-style beach) is a beach where the users generally wear no clothing, while a topfree beach or topless beach is one where upper body clothing is not required for women or men, although a swimming costume covering the genitals is required for both men and women.
People visit nude beaches for many reasons, including because they enjoy being nude or partially nude, because they enjoy looking at people who are nude, because of curiosity, because of personal philosophy, or simply because they believe that there is no reason to wear clothing (see naturism and nudism).
The users of nude beaches are sometimes the target of enforcement relating to legislation banning public nudity, often because of broad language included in laws or bills intended to target sexually oriented businesses.
GunnisonBeach is part of the Sandy Hook unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, located in Monmounth County, New Jersey, United States, and is managed by the National Park Service.
It is the only nude beach (by custom) in New Jersey and one of the major clothing-optional recreation areas in the New York metropolitan area.
Part of the beach is shared on a seasonal basis with a reserved breeding ground for the endangered Piping Plover, a native shore bird.
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