Find your kind of bathhouse.

A sauna session with friends, a quiet soak, or a whole afternoon of hot and cold. Explore U.S. bathhouses and social saunas, see what a visit feels like, then book directly with the operator.

Othership Flatiron, New York City. Social sauna. A social sauna and ice bath space in Manhattan, with guided classes, 75-minute Free Flows and a lounge for time between rounds. Book a session without a membership.

Othership Williamsburg, New York City. Social sauna. A social sauna and ice bath space in Brooklyn, with guided classes, 75-minute Free Flows and a lounge for time between rounds. Book a session without a membership.

Bathhouse Flatiron, New York City. Bathing circuit. A design-forward Manhattan bathhouse with six thermal pools, a gas-fired banya, 185°F dry sauna, infrared sauna, steam room, salt pool, and daily guided sauna sessions.

Bathhouse Williamsburg, New York City. Bathing circuit. Bathhouse's expanded Brooklyn flagship with a major Aufguss event sauna, banya, dry and tropical saunas, steam, six thermal pools, and a weather-dependent rooftop pool.

Bathhouse Atlantic Avenue, New York City. Bathing circuit. Bathhouse's newest Brooklyn location with an Aufguss event sauna, high-heat banya, infrared sauna, steam, hot, neutral and cold pools, and an all-day canteen.

Lore Bathing Club, New York City. Social sauna. A NoHo bathing club with a Finnish sauna, infrared sauna, shared cold pool and heated stone benches. Book a 75-minute visit, with optional Aufguss and quieter evening hours.

The Altar, New York City. Social sauna. Community sauna, cold plunge and a gathering space on Fifth Avenue. Choose a guided class or a self-paced Open session, with quieter sessions also on the schedule.

WORLD SPA, New York City. Traditional baths. A Brooklyn bathhouse with a kelo-wood Grand Banya, a quieter Petite Banya, an Aufguss event sauna, hammams, pools and cold plunges. Admission passes are open to the public.

AIRE Ancient Baths Tribeca, New York City. Bathing circuit. Candlelit thermal baths in a restored 1883 textile factory in Tribeca: warm, hot and cold baths, jet baths, a steam bath with aromatherapy and a salt bath, in timed reserved sessions.

AIRE Ancient Baths Upper East Side, New York City. Bathing circuit. Thermal baths in a 120-year-old former MoMA warehouse on the Upper East Side: warm, hot and cold baths, jet baths, a steam bath with aromatherapy and a suspended salt bath, in reserved sessions.

Russian & Turkish Baths, New York City. Traditional baths. An East Village bathhouse serving New York since 1892: five saunas and steam rooms, a cold plunge pool, a roof deck and oak-leaf platza, all on a walk-in basis.

Sauna Garden at Alchemy Springs, San Francisco Bay Area. Outdoor sauna. An outdoor sauna garden in Lower Nob Hill built around what is claimed as the largest freestanding sauna in the US, a forty-person circular room with tiered seating, plus two cold plunges, outdoor showers and a fire pit.

Archimedes Banya, San Francisco Bay Area. Traditional baths. The Bay Area's original big banya: four storeys on the Bayview waterfront with two Russian parnayas around imported twenty-two-thousand-pound stoves, a dry cedar sauna into the two-hundreds, cold plunge, venik platza and a cafe upstairs.

Kabuki Springs & Spa, San Francisco Bay Area. Traditional baths. San Francisco's sento since 1968: a Japantown communal bathhouse with a hot pool, cold plunge, cedar-lined dry sauna at 150 degrees, steam room and seated Japanese showers, run quietly on single-gender and all-gender days.

Onsen, San Francisco Bay Area. Bathing circuit. A skylit Japanese-inspired bathhouse hidden on Eddy Street: a 104-degree communal tub, redwood sauna, steam room and a custom overhead cold plunge, reopened in 2025 with its restaurant alongside.

Good Hot, San Francisco Bay Area. Outdoor sauna. Five hand-built saunas on a working pier landscape at Point San Pablo, with the bay itself as the cold plunge off a small beach. Private rentals, communal quiet sessions, and reduced rates that mean it, from a project built on welcome.

Sauna House Austin, Austin. Social sauna. An indoor-outdoor Sauna Garden in North Loop, with wood-burning saunas, cold plunges and heated lounge benches. Book a 75-minute public visit while the permanent bathhouse is being built.

Bathe, Austin. Social sauna. East Austin's bathhouse garden: a Finnish dry sauna, a wood-fired sauna and a Harvia-equipped infrared hybrid, with cold plunges, a mineral tub and a cowboy pool between them. Phone-free, alcohol-free, and growing into a full bathhouse.

Sauna and Cold Plunge at Ceremony, Austin. Social sauna. Traditional cedar saunas and cold plunges below 45 degrees, indoors and out, at a South Lamar social spa that doubled its bathhouse in 2024 and keeps the door open to walk-ins.

Sauna House Charlotte, Charlotte. Social sauna. A phone-free Nordic bathhouse in a 1934 West Morehead Street building, with traditional Finnish saunas, a silent salt room, cold plunges and two-hour thermal cycles.

Sunday Hot Springs, Charlotte. Bathing circuit. A reservation-only Charlotte bathhouse with a dry sauna, eucalyptus steam room, cold plunge, heated saltwater pool and indoor and outdoor lounges.

Sauna House Durham, Raleigh & Durham. Social sauna. A public 6,900-square-foot Nordic bathhouse with a large Thermory thermo-aspen sauna, cold pools, showers, lounge space, and two-hour thermal cycles.

Sauna House Raleigh, Raleigh & Durham. Social sauna. A phone-free communal Nordic bathhouse at Dupont Circle in Raleigh with traditional Finnish saunas, cold plunges, a warm pool and two-hour thermal cycles.

Watershed Spa, Minneapolis & Duluth. Bathing circuit. A ritual-based communal bathhouse in Minneapolis's St. Anthony Main: a hot soaking pool, cedar sauna, steam room and cold plunge in a 2.5 hour self-guided session beside the Mississippi.

All's Well Sauna and Waterspa, Minneapolis & Duluth. Bathing circuit. Minneapolis's first social spa, in the Harrison neighborhood: electric, wood-fired and infrared saunas, a steam room, a cold plunge, a warm pool with a waterfall, a salt room and a plant bathing room.

Cedar & Stone Duluth Flagship, Minneapolis & Duluth. Outdoor sauna. Guided harborside sauna in Duluth with wood-fired social and floating saunas, a private HUUM electric room, natural Lake Superior cooling, showers, tea, and bonfires.

Banya 5, Seattle. Traditional baths. A Seattle social spa since 2004 in the tradition of banyas, hammams and Finnish saunas: parilka, Turkish steam room, salt water tepid pool, cold plunge and hot pool, in timed two-hour sessions.

Von Sauna, Seattle. Outdoor sauna. A floating sauna at Carillon Point with lake-facing benches, a cooling deck and Lake Washington plunges. Social seats or private group bookings.

Knot Springs, Portland. Bathing circuit. A two hour thermal circuit in central Portland: warm and hot soaking pools, a dry sauna, steam rooms and a 47 degree cold plunge, with a deck over the Willamette River and the downtown skyline.

CASCADA Thermal Springs, Portland. Bathing circuit. A hotel spa on NE Alberta with three thermal spaces: a lush conservatory pool, an outdoor garden with a hot pool, sauna and fire pit, and a silent underground sanctuary with sauna, steam and a cold plunge.

Löyly Southeast, Portland, Portland. Traditional baths. A Finnish sauna lounge on Southeast 21st Avenue in Portland: timed visits of up to two hours with showers, a locker room and a lounge, plus monthly Ritual Days with aufguss and group whisking.

BASK Detroit, Detroit. Social sauna. A sauna and cold plunge club on the ground floor of a Brush Park parking deck, a short walk from Ford Field and Comerica Park. One community hot room with a stone bed down the middle of the floor, four single person plunges set between 37°F and 50°F, two locker rooms, and a patio to sit on between rounds.

The Schvitz, Detroit. Traditional baths. Detroit's historic 1930 neighborhood bathhouse with two saunas, a pool, showers, patio, and distinct everyone-welcome, women-only, and men-only sessions.

Eastend Wellness Club, Chicago. Social sauna. A Fulton Market wellness club where Chicago saunas together: a Finnish sauna at 180 to 194 degrees with aufguss steam, cold plunge tanks at 40 to 55 degrees and guided sauna classes.

Balian Springs, Washington, D.C. area. Bathing circuit. An Alexandria day spa with themed sauna rooms, indoor and outdoor hydrotherapy pools, cold plunges and a rooftop pool. Public daily admission includes shared pools, saunas and lounges.

Formation Sauna + Wellness, Philadelphia. Social sauna. Philadelphia's appointment-only sauna studio in a brick and timber loft at Brown and Oddfellows Alley: a private sauna for one to four, a cold shower and cold plunge, a lounge with swings, and massage alongside.

Framework, Nashville. Social sauna. Nashville's largest sauna and cold plunge studio, in Wedgewood Houston, with seven traditional saunas, thirteen cold tubs, a patio, private rooms and an upstairs cafe.

Backyard by Framework, Nashville. Outdoor sauna. A fully outdoor East Nashville studio on a fenced lawn with a 190°F social sauna for up to twelve, four cold tubs, outdoor showers and fitness pop-ups.

ROK SPAS, Denver. Social sauna. A downtown Denver Nordic spa at Union Station: a cedar sauna that seats 40 at 194 degrees, five cold plunges from 37 to 55 degrees, a eucalyptus steam room and warm thermal soaks.

Soft Space Wellness, Boston. Social sauna. A private Finnish sauna inside Somerville's Bow Market: cedar planks, an electric heater with stones, high and low benches, a rainfall shower next door and a session that is yours alone.

Wi Spa, Los Angeles. Traditional baths. A 24-hour Korean spa on Wilshire Boulevard: women's and men's floors with hot and cold tubs and dry and steam saunas, plus a co-ed jimjilbang with bulgama, salt, clay, jade and ice rooms.

Jeju Sauna Spa, Atlanta. Traditional baths. A 24-hour Korean bathhouse in Duluth with gender-separated baths, traditional Korean saunas, steam rooms, hydrotherapy pools and an indoor swimming pool.

WorldSprings Texas, Dallas. Bathing circuit. A swimwear-required mineral hot springs in The Colony with more than 40 pools, seven saunas, cold plunges and a daily guided Aufguss sauna class.

Löyly Sauna Lounge, Houston. Social sauna. A Houston contrast therapy lounge in Montrose with four private infrared saunas, a cold plunge for up to a dozen guests and a 104°F saltwater hot tub.

What is a social sauna? A shared sauna with space and time to spend with other people. Some venues offer guided sessions with music, breathwork or sauna rituals; others let you move between heat, cold and a lounge at your own pace. Check the session type before booking, because quieter hours and social evenings can feel very different.

Othership or Bathhouse: what is the difference? Othership in New York centers on timed sauna and ice bath sessions, with guided classes, free flows and a social commons. Bathhouse offers day passes for a wider circuit of thermal pools, saunas and steam rooms, plus separately booked treatments. Both have more than one New York location, so choose the exact address as well as the experience.

Can I visit without a membership? The places in this guide offer public visits through sessions, day admission or another visitor booking. A membership may also be available. Open the listing for its access details, then use the operator's booking page for current availability and rates.

What should I bring for my first visit? Check the venue's dress code, towel policy and age limit before you leave. Many social saunas require swimwear and provide towels. Traditional bathhouses may have different rules for shared areas and separate bathing areas. Check the phone policy too, and reserve ahead where a timed session is required.

Can I go on my own? Yes. You can book an individual place at a public session or buy individual day admission. Choose a guided session if you would like a host to lead the experience, or a quiet session if you want time to yourself. Private group reservations are a separate booking option.

Is the cold plunge required? A bathhouse visit does not have to be a challenge. Ask the host about the session format and choose the parts you want to use. For guidance on heat and cold, read our sauna and cold plunge guide before your visit.

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