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Washington's hot springs are concentrated in the Olympics and the Cascades, and a good share of them need a walk in. The map below is honest about which ones anyone has confirmed recently.
Washington's statute is RCW 9A.88.010 — the exposure has to be “open and obscene” and made knowing it is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm — two elements, and nudity on its own supplies neither.
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 1 hot springs in Washington 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.