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Colorado's hot springs are mountain water, which means altitude, snow and a genuinely short window on the undeveloped ones. The resorts run year-round; the backcountry pools below mostly do not.
Colorado's statute is C.R.S. § 18-7-302 — it needs two things at once — circumstances “likely to cause affront or alarm” and the “intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire” of someone.
It is not drafted to reach ordinary, non-sexual nudity.
That is not the same as “it's legal here.” Counties and cities legislate separately, and whoever manages the ground — State Parks, the Forest Service, BLM, a county, a private owner — sets its own rules on top. Check the land manager for the spot you're actually going to.
Nanitch is a map, not a law firm, and none of this is legal advice. Rules change and enforcement is local — if it matters, check with the agency that manages the land before you go. Statute last read August 2026.
These have a page here because somebody has been to them: curated by Nanitch, confirmed by a member, or written up with real access notes.
Named hot springs imported from OpenStreetMap that nobody has confirmed yet. They are on the map and in the app, and they get a page here the moment someone reports back from one — not before. Listing every one of them:
A further 14 hot springs in Colorado are on the map with no name of their own — OpenStreetMap records them only as “hot spring”. They are on the map; there is nothing to call them by here.