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Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune Revelers lounge in the warmth of Fifth Water in Diamond Fork Canyon. The hot pools are located in Diamond Fork Canyon in Utah County and attract nude and swimsuit-clad bathers.

Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune Rodney Ojuka, of Tuscon, Ariz., relaxes in one of the hot pools at Fifth Water in Diamond Fork Canyon. The pools, located in Utah County and smelling of sulfur, are a popular spot for nude and clothed bathers.

in Austin is top-free, but the real gem of the Lone Star State is legendary , located on the shore of massive Lake Travis just northwest of the city. There is no beach, but rather huge slabs of flat rocks and boulders where you might find hundreds of nude sunbathers on hot days.

That wild hot springs can even exist close to Utah’s metropolitan areas is surprising. Long magnets for naturists (those who bathe in the nude), party animals getting drunk or stoned, homeless folk seeking a warm bath and, at some, hordes of mosquitoes, Utah’s hot springs aren’t always family-friendly recreational spots. In response, government officials have been known to blow them up (as with Castilla Hot Springs in Utah County) or box them in (as with Salt Lake City’s Warm Springs Park). To find a truly world-class hot-springs “destination” resort spa requires a trip out of state, even though water boils just under our feet at several spots along the Wasatch Front. So, in an arid state where every drop of water is precious, why is Utah so averse to utilizing its hot water?

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