The clothing-optional beaches in Oregon, with what the law actually says, where to park, how far the walk is, and what a first visit is like.
3 spots have been written up by hand. A further 3 are on the map from public data but nobody has confirmed them yet.
Someone has actually been to each of these. Where we are unsure, the spot page says so.
Sauvie Island · Portland Metro
Getting there. Requires Sauvie Island parking permit (sold at the island market). CO stretch is along the NW Columbia shore; park at the north lots and walk in.
Rules on the ground. Long-established clothing-optional beach. Simple nudity legal.
If it is your first time. More laid-back than Rooster Rock. Wooded backshore, driftwood. Get the parking permit BEFORE you drive out.
Willamette River, Eugene · Eugene
Getting there. Island in the Willamette; access historically involved a river ford/wade. Conditions have varied year to year.
Rules on the ground. STATUS UNCERTAIN — has opened/closed over the years. Verify current access & legality before going.
If it is your first time. Flagged needs-verification — don't count on it being open until a member confirms this season.
Columbia Gorge, Corbett · Portland Metro
Getting there. State park day-use ($5). Clothing-optional area is the far EAST end past the sloughs — a long walk from the main lot.
Rules on the ground. Officially recognized clothing-optional area in an Oregon State Park. Simple nudity is legal; no sexual conduct.
If it is your first time. Busiest OR nude beach. Walk east until you pass the families; that's the CO section. Bring water shoes for the sloughs.
These come from OpenStreetMap. They are real places at real coordinates, but nobody has been to them for us yet, so there is no write-up — no parking notes, no word on whether the road is open, no clothing policy. We label them exactly that way rather than pretending otherwise.
If you go to one, you can be the first person to confirm it, and you stay credited on that spot permanently.
Oregon's public indecency statute, ORS 163.465, is written around sexual conduct. It reaches a person who engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse in public, or who exposes their genitals with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of themselves or another. Simple, non-sexual nudity does not meet those elements. That is why Oregon has long-standing customary nude beaches and why the Portland World Naked Bike Ride happens without mass arrests.
This is not a green light, and please do not read it as one. A state statute is only the first of several rules that apply where you are standing. Counties and cities pass their own ordinances, and the land manager — the Forest Service, the BLM, State Parks, a county parks department, a private owner — sets its own rules on top of the law and can enforce them regardless of what the statute says. A place can be perfectly lawful under state law and still get you a citation from a ranger.
What we do on each spot page is tell you what is actually known about that specific place: who manages it, whether nudity is customary or designated there, and what people who have been report. Where we do not know, we say we do not know. We are not lawyers and this is not legal advice.
Statute: ORS 163.465. Last reviewed August 2026. If you think anything here is out of date, tell us — we would rather be corrected than wrong.
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