Women-only saunas exist in the US, but they're rare. A small group of places admit only women, mostly women's Korean spas in Los Angeles, Washington and Honolulu plus a few women's gyms. The much more common option is a separate women's sauna inside a mixed place, and 1,388 of the roughly 6,700 saunas in the AllSaunas directory have one, as of November 2026.
So if you want to sauna without men around, you usually have a choice close to home. It just helps to know which kind of place to look for.
Every listing in our directory records the areas a place has (men's, women's or co-ed) and the dress code for each. As of November 2026, 33 listings have a women's area and nothing else.
That number needs a second look. We checked each of the 33 on its own website, and 16 are what most people mean by a women-only sauna: a spa, bathhouse or gym with a real sauna or steam room that admits only women. The rest are mostly women's health clinics, salons and small studios that offer infrared sessions or vaginal steaming. They do serve only women, but they aren't places you go to sit in a sauna.
Another 17 listings have a women's area and a co-ed area but no men's area.
Most of the true women-only places are Korean spas. They work like any Korean spa: you pay a day fee, get a towel and a robe or uniform, and move between hot and cold pools, a dry sauna, a steam room and heated rooms. The difference is that there's only one side, and it's for women.
The ones we list and confirmed on their own sites or in local coverage:
Some of these let men in for massages or facials while keeping the bathing area for women. Hugh Spa says so on its homepage.
At most of these spas, expect to be nude in the pool area. Olympus Spa's visitor rules say swimwear isn't allowed there, and the same page sets a minimum age of 13. Our listings mark six of these spas as nude-required in the wet area. If that's new to you, the what to wear in a sauna guide covers the options.
The Ladies Room in Seattle is close but not quite women-only. Its site says women, femmes, non-binary and gender non-conforming guests are welcome every day, and all genders are welcome on Wednesdays. Tops are optional and swimsuit bottoms are required.
A handful of gyms are for women only, and some have a sauna. The ones we list and checked:
At a women's gym the sauna is often an infrared cabin you book rather than a shared hot room, so ask how it works before you sign up.
For most women, the easiest women-only sauna is the one in the women's locker room. It's not a women-only business, but the room itself is only for women. Here's where the 1,388 listings with a women's area come from, as of November 2026:
| Type of place | Listings with a women's area |
|---|---|
| Gyms and health clubs | 922 |
| Day spas | 176 |
| Hotels and resorts | 165 |
| Public bathhouses | 51 |
| Recovery and wellness centers | 26 |
| Other | 48 |
Gyms are by far the biggest group. If your gym has a sauna in each locker room, you already have a women's sauna. Steam rooms are common too: 1,004 of the 1,388 also list a steam room.
One thing to check is where the sauna sits. A sauna on the pool deck or in a shared spa area is co-ed, even at a gym that also has locker-room saunas. A facility page on AllSaunas lists each area separately (Male area, Female area, Co-ed area) with its clothing rule, so you can see which rooms are in the women's area.
California has the most listings with a women's area (287), then Texas (120), New York (70) and Washington (37).
Some places that are co-ed most of the time set aside women-only days or hours. This is common at Russian banyas: Kelo Spa near Boston splits its week into men-only and women-only days, and Lake Steam in Denver also runs separate days for men and women.
Our listings don't record hours by gender, so a place that runs a women's night may show only a co-ed area. If you have a favorite co-ed spot, check its schedule page or call and ask.
Probably a women's sauna, less likely a women-only business. About 1 in 5 saunas in our directory has a separate women's area, mostly in gym locker rooms, while places that admit only women are concentrated in Los Angeles, Washington, Honolulu and a few other cities.
It depends on the place. Women-only Korean spas usually expect you to be nude in the pool area, while gyms and day spas let you wear a towel or swimsuit. Our what-to-wear guide has the details.
Yes, a sauna inside the women's locker room is only for women. Saunas on a pool deck or in a shared spa area are co-ed, so check where the room is.
Most aren't. A typical Korean spa has a women's side, a men's side and a co-ed area. A few, like Olympic Spa in Los Angeles and Olympus Spa in Washington, admit only women.
Some do, especially Russian banyas, which may run women-only days. Kelo Spa near Boston and Lake Steam in Denver both do. Our listings don't record those hours, so check the place's schedule or call.
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