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Wellness spots on Nanitch are the indoor end of the map: soaking tubs, spas and bath houses rather than anything you hike to. California has the deepest concentration of them in the United States.
In California for a few days? Indoor soaking and spa venues are the least weather-dependent thing on this map, and each sets its own clothing rule — the venue's current policy is the only thing that governs.
These are private venues, and each one sets its own rule: some are textile, some are nude, plenty are nude on some sessions and not others, and a few are single-sex on particular days. A state's public-exposure law governs public places; it does not decide what happens inside someone's building.
Check the venue before you go, every time. Policies here change more often than anything else on this map, and a schedule change or new ownership can flip a session overnight. Where we know the current rule it is on the spot's own page, with the date somebody last confirmed it.
Nanitch is a map, not a law firm, and none of this is legal advice. Rules change and enforcement is local, so if it matters, check with the agency that manages the land before you go.
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 wellness spots 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 3 wellness spots in California are on the map with no name of their own, because OpenStreetMap records them only as “wellness”. They are on the map; there is nothing to call them by here.