Mazo Beach

Mazo Beach is the only legal public nude beach in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.^[1] It is located on the Wisconsin River between Mazomanie and Sauk City, Wisconsin. Because Mazomanie is in Dane County and Sauk City is in Sauk County, nudity is legal only on the beach.^{[citation needed]} Nudity is also allowed on roughly half of the river, on the eastern side, facing the beach.^{[citation needed]} With seasonal changes in the size and shape of the river^{[citation needed]} and the beaches^{[citation needed]}, as well as disputes over where the county boundary is^{[citation needed]}, controversy has developed over where bathers can be nude and where they cannot^{[citation needed]}. Beachgoers generally remain on the eastern side of the river to avoid any legal disputes.^{[citation needed]}

On a hot summer weekend, the beach may see hundreds of people.^{[citation needed]} In the recent past, conservative groups have occasionally protested near the beach.^[2] Bills have been introduced at the Wisconsin legislature to make nudity illegal on any land managed by the state Department of Natural Resources,^[3] which would outlaw the beach, but so far these have not passed.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27861
2. ^ http://www.pccmonroe.org/Mazo.htm
3. ^ http://www.nbc15.com/home/misc/8363502.html