Ohanapecosh Hot Springs
Getting there. Accessible via the 0.4-mile Hot Springs Nature Trail starting behind the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center parking area off State Route 123 in Mount Rainier National Park.
Every hot spring we have written up in Washington — where to park, whether the road is open, what the water is actually like, and which ones are clothing-optional.
3 spots have been written up by hand. A further 5 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.
Getting there. Accessible via the 0.4-mile Hot Springs Nature Trail starting behind the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center parking area off State Route 123 in Mount Rainier National Park.
Olympic NP, near Port Angeles · Olympic Peninsula
Getting there. Primitive pools in Olympic National Park. The Olympic Hot Springs Road washed out — access is now a long hike/bike (verify current distance & conditions with the park).
Rules on the ground. National Park; CO customary. Water is untreated.
If it is your first time. Access has changed since the road washout — check NPS conditions first. A real backcountry outing, not a quick soak.
Near Skykomish · Central Cascades
Getting there. On private land above Stevens Pass — access requires advance permission/permit from the caretakers; steep hike/snow in winter. Clothing-optional by custom.
Rules on the ground. Private land; visits by permission only. Respect the caretakers or access closes for everyone.
If it is your first time. Do NOT just show up — arrange access first. Well-kept tubs with a Cascade view for those who do it right.
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.
Washington's indecent exposure statute, RCW 9A.88.010, requires an open and obscene exposure that the person knows is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm. Nudity by itself is not the offence — the statute is aimed at conduct directed at someone, and it explicitly exempts breastfeeding. Washington courts have read it narrowly for that reason.
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: RCW 9A.88.010. 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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