The Beach
Here's a picture of me at my favorite nude beach:
Golden Gate Bridge Beach
at San Francisco's Presidio.
There's a shot of me at that beach on The Leather page.
Explicit directions to GGBB follow at the end of this page.
Follow this link to my page of descriptions and pictures of Other Beaches.
Family nudists in San Francisco should go directly to Baker Beach, which is just south of GGBB. The parking lot for Baker is marked with big signs, is on the map, and is huge, free, patrolled, maintained, has bathrooms and phones, and is right on the beach, with literally HUNDREDS of naked folks on hot summer weekends (north end only...park at and descend the stairs, or use the parking lot and walk north until you are surrounded by nudies, otherwise the rangers will ask you to move there), but it is a family beach with no cruising.
The photo above shows the view from the Land's End overlook to GGBB, which is not marked on signs or maps. Like Land's End Beach, which is described and pictured on my Other Beaches page, it has nothing but naked, gay and bi men, and an occasional pair of lesbians, and an extremely dangerous hike down long, practically-vertical cliffs.
Believe me, you should not take your kids to GGBB.
Most wives wouldn't wanna go there, either. In fact, if you're straight, forget it!
The photo above demonstrates that from the cliff-side vantage point at Arlington Court, you can look down to your left (toward the south) and almost see Baker Beach about half a mile away, which is San Francisco's most famous and popular family nude beach.
Further south and west the coastline passes the Seacliff neighborhood of Diane Feinstein and Robin Williams, San Francisco's China Beach, and, eventually, Land's End, a favored SF hiking spot, and the scene of another nude beach popular with men.
At GGBB (above) you'll find hundreds of naked, handsome men on a nice day (and at least a few any day when the temp is better than 60)! GGBB is actually a series of five or six connecting beaches (depending on the tide, and how much sand you consider a separate beach) on the SF side of the bridge, just below and south of the bridge itself and the ocean side of Fort Point.
In fact, if there's no one around, you can walk in the buff right up from the northernmost beach to the waves that wash over the bridge's northernmost southern embankment! Thrilling! Nobody's usually on that beach, however, and you must be careful to avoid being seen by the tourists on the other side of the fence at Fort Point. The U.S. Park Rangers there will cite or arrest you if they catch you there naked, so stay out of sight, or put on your shorts, if you do venture beyond the Fort. Nudity is verboten where tourists and families can see you!
In the picture above, you can see the rock boundary between the #1 and #2 beaches. The #1 beach extends north past the fort, but, again, the area under the Bridge's arch can be seen by tourists, so be polite and stay on the beach below, unless you're wearing shorts or can't be seen!
Generally speaking, most federal beaches are legally clothing-optional, simply because there is no federal law against nudity. However, that doesn't mean you can strip-down anywhere you want. The rule of thumb here is: don't get naked where you're not sure...unless there are lots of other folks right there doing the same thing.
There are books listing all the nude beaches in California, and the SF Bay
Guardian prints a Nude Beach Guide in the second week of June which is quite
comprehensive.
Cut and Paste:
DIRECTIONS TO ERECTIONS
at Golden Gate Bridge Beach
From MARIN: get in the right hand lanes as you approach the Toll Plaza, and take the immediate right turn past the Toll Office, past the tiny Toll office parking lot and the bus stop.
From SF: take the last SF exit before heading north on the Bridge...not 19th Avenue exit, mind you, but the next one: the toll office exit right before the toll plaza. Curl left into the Bridge's touristy gift shop metered parking lot, go under the bridge, up the other side and turn right at the bus stop STOP sign.
You'll pass the paved Bridge employee parking lot on the right...DON'T park there. Up the road (Merchant Rd) a few more yards are cars parked in the gravel between the road and the old concrete military bunkers. Park there, and follow the trail to the right of the bunkers as it leads to wooden stairs near the edge of the cliff.
OR continue on to the stop sign, and turn right on Lincoln Boulevard, then make an immediate right onto LANGDON COURT (it's not on the map), and drive past the old, white, abandoned military building, and past the overgrown concrete military bunkers, and park on the dirt lot overlooking the beach. Follow any trail down.
Depending upon the tide, there are four or five or six beaches (depending upon your definition of that word), the furthest north is right at the base of the bridge below Fort Point, the farthest south is a tiny cove completely surrounded and hidden by 50-80 foot cliffs, and lying just north of and inaccessible to the northernmost of Baker Beach's two tiny northern coves.
You can usually spot my dog: a black cocker/fox-terrier. I'm usually wearing a black leather ball cap, and I have all-over body hair (greying at the solar plexus between my pecs), all-over tan, and size-13 feet. I've got a receeding hairline and a bald spot in back (if I'm not wearing the hat). And, of course, I'm always smoking Phillies Titan cigars!
"So THAT'S why the call it Golden Gate Bridge Beach!"
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