Washington's hot springs sit in three areas. Along the Columbia River Gorge, across the river from Oregon, are two long-running resorts with day soaks, private cabins with geothermal tubs and a wild spring on the riverbank. In Olympic National Park, Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort sells public pool sessions in season, and Olympic Hot Springs is a long hike in. In the Cascades east of Seattle, two privately owned springs take visitors by reservation. This page gathers every open spring in the state, grouped by kind.
Large, well-equipped complexes with many pools, full facilities and easy access.
Rebuilt in 2003 on the site of the early-1900s Moffett's Hot Springs lodge, this Columbia River Gorge resort pairs a hotel, spa, sauna and cold plunges with natural mineral water from the springs. Select rooms have private tubs filled with it, and day passes are sold to visitors not staying overnight.
Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort sits at the end of Sol Duc Hot Springs Road in Olympic National Park, about 40 miles west of Port Angeles. Three mineral pools run 99-104°F beside a freshwater pool. Day visitors book 1.5-hour sessions ($19 for adults), and the resort has cabins, a campground and a restaurant. It is open from late March to November 1.
Historic bathhouses, vapor caves and small-town spa hotels with a long soaking tradition.
The hotel here dates to 1901, and the 1923 bathhouse still uses vintage clawfoot tubs filled with unchlorinated mineral water, followed by a traditional wrap in gender-separated rooms. Day visitors can also use the 104°F therapy pool for up to two hours. All spa services at this Carson resort are for adults 18 and older.
Quiet, nature-first places focused on soaking and recovery. Clothing and age rules vary, so check each listing before you go.
Each of six private cabins on a 100-acre bluff property near Stevenson has a covered open-air tub with continuously flowing geothermal water, drawn from an aquifer about 3,000 feet below the Wind River. Guests set their own tub temperature. Soaking is for overnight guests only; there are no day passes.
Undeveloped springs, mostly on public land, with few or no facilities. Most are free, though a few sit inside fee areas. Access ranges from roadside pullouts to long hikes.
Two bedrock pools on the bank of the Wind River near Carson hold natural hot spring water of about 102 to 105°F. Getting there takes a half-mile hike plus a river ford that is usually passable only in late summer. There is no fee, no development, and clothing is optional.
Olympic Hot Springs are primitive rock pools in the Elwha valley of Olympic National Park. Since a road washout, reaching them means about 9 miles on the closed road from Madison Falls plus 1.5 miles of trail, each way. The park does not test or treat the water, and there is no fee beyond park entry.
Goldmyer Hot Springs is a privately owned spring in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie valley, run by the nonprofit Northwest Wilderness Programs and limited to 20 visitors a day by advance reservation. Guides put its pools, one inside an old mine shaft, at about 98-111°F. Getting there takes a rough high-clearance road and a hike of about 5 miles each way.
Scenic Hot Springs, on private land about 10 miles east of Skykomish, is open by advance reservation only, from dawn to dusk. Public visits cost $30-35 per person depending on the season. Reaching the natural rock pools takes a 2-mile hike each way with 1,100 feet of climb. Clothing is optional, and children under 6 are not allowed.
One row per destination — region, type, whether you can walk in for the day, price, water temperature and clothing policy.
| Name | Region | Type | Lodging | Day pass | Price | Water | Clothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Spa | Columbia River Gorge | Big Resorts & Iconic Pools | Hotel rooms, some with private mineral-water hot tubs | Yes | — | — | — |
| Carson Hot Springs Resort | Columbia River Gorge | Historic Spas & Vapor Caves | Historic hotel, cabin-building rooms + suites with mineral hot tubs; limited RV parking | Yes | Therapy pool $12 Mon-Thu / $17 Fri-Sun plus tax, max 2 hours (9am-9pm); bath and wrap $30/$35 plus tax (bathhouse 9am-8pm); ages 18+ only | 104 °F | Mixed |
| Goldmyer Hot Springs | Washington Cascades | Wild Natural Springs | Campground only: primitive campsites with food storage, no drinking water (hotspringsguides.com, hotspringslocator.com) | Yes | — | 98–111 °F | Optional |
| Olympic Hot Springs | Olympic Peninsula | Wild Natural Springs | No lodging; backcountry camping nearby with a wilderness permit | No | No fee at the springs; Olympic National Park entrance fee required ($30 per vehicle for 7 days per hotspringsguides.com); overnight wilderness permit $8 per person per night plus $6 per permit (WTA) | 85–105 °F | Optional |
| Scenic Hot Springs | Washington Cascades | Wild Natural Springs | No lodging; day use only, no camping or fires on the property (hotspringslocator.com) | Yes | Public access $30-35 per person depending on season, advance reservation only (official FAQ, checked 2026-10-15); private exclusive access priced separately - see notes | — | Optional |
| Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort | Olympic Peninsula | Big Resorts & Iconic Pools | Cabins (32 per hotspringsguides.com) plus RV and tent campground (82 tent, 17 RV sites per Recreation.gov) | Yes | Per 1.5-hour session: adults 12+ $19, ages 4-11 $15, seniors 62+, disabled and military $15, ages 0-3 free (limited pool access); towel rental $5; park entrance fee extra (official site, checked 2026-10-15) | 99–104 °F | Required |
| Tenzen Cabins + Springs | Columbia River Gorge | Wellness Retreats & Eco Lodges | Six private cabins, each with its own geothermal tub | No | — | — | — |
| Wind River Hot Springs | Columbia River Gorge | Wild Natural Springs | No | No | Free | 102–105 °F | Optional |
The most common questions about soaking in Washington — springs near Seattle, day passes, Sol Duc's season and places left off this page.
The closest is Scenic Hot Springs, about 1h 36m east of Seattle by car plus a 2-mile hike; visits are by reservation only. Goldmyer Hot Springs in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie valley also takes reservations and needs a high-clearance road and a hike of about 5 miles. The resorts of the Columbia River Gorge and Sol Duc, about 3h 40m away, are longer drives.
Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Spa, Carson Hot Springs Resort, Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, Goldmyer Hot Springs and Scenic Hot Springs sell soaks to visitors who are not staying overnight. At Scenic and Goldmyer a visit has to be booked ahead. Tenzen Cabins + Springs is for overnight guests only. Each card gives prices where they are published.
Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort is seasonal: in 2026 its pools are open from March 20 to November 1, and it is closed in winter. Day visitors book 1.5-hour sessions, and the Olympic National Park entrance fee is charged separately.
4 of the 8 places on this page are in the Gorge: Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Spa, Carson Hot Springs Resort, Tenzen Cabins + Springs and Wind River Hot Springs. At Carson Hot Springs Resort the 1923 bathhouse still uses clawfoot tubs; its spa is for adults 18 and older. The wild spring on the Wind River is reached by a river ford that is usually passable only in late summer.
This page lists only springs we could confirm as open for soaking. Baker Hot Springs is left off until access can be confirmed with the Forest Service. The road to Gamma Hot Springs is washed out and the trail was closed by a 2026 fire. Kennedy Hot Springs was buried in a 2003 flood, and the National Park Service does not allow soaking at Ohanapecosh. The resort at Soap Lake heats cold lake water, so it is not a hot spring.