Full Tan Sun Club to sit out 2026 season
The longtime upstate New York club says it will close for the year and reopen in 2027
Full Tan Sun Club, the family nudist campground near Sprakers, New York, will not open to the public this year. A recording on the club’s phone line tells callers that Full Tan is closed for the 2026 season for property improvements and expects to reopen in spring 2027, with updates to follow on its website and Facebook page.
The closure follows a stretch that had left the club’s status unclear. Full Tan’s website, fulltansunclub.com, currently displays only a placeholder image thanking visitors for their patience while the site is updated, with no schedule, rates, or contact details. In a thread on the subreddit r/UpstateNYNudists, users had been speculating for weeks about a possible closure or sale, with one noting that the club had gone members-only and encouraging others to call the owner directly. A listing on Yelp, meanwhile, has flagged the business as permanently closed—a designation the club’s own recording contradicts, since it points to a temporary pause rather than a permanent end.
Founded in 1968, Full Tan sits on 80 acres in the Mohawk Valley, west of the Capital District, and has long been one of the region’s few coed naturist clubs. It changed hands in 2019, when its current owner took over from the couples who had run it for decades, and it welcomed members of nearby Juniper Woods after that club dropped its clothing-optional status ahead of the 2021 season.
A season devoted to improvements may address concerns that have surfaced in recent visitor reviews, several of which described the grounds and facilities as dated or in need of upkeep. If the work freshens the pool, cabins, and common areas, the pause could leave Full Tan on stronger footing when it reopens—a welcome outcome in a region that has steadily lost naturist space. Split Rock closed in 2020, Abbott’s Glenn in 2021, and Bonita ended its run around the same time, leaving naturists in the Capital District with fewer nearby options each season.
For now, the club’s recorded message is the only public statement on its plans, and Planet Nude will share further details as they become available. 🪐
Though I'm not a betting person, I would not betting on a reopening in 2027 as what it has been in the past.