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Reminds me of Deep Creek in Southern Californian:

"The landscape surrounding Deep Creek is unique in a southern California context, and its recreation opportunities are valued at the regional and national levels. Thermal hot springs located here are unique and regionally important.

Deep Creek supports the greatest diversity of wildlife habitats of any drainage on the San Bernardino National Forest and has earned the State designation of a Wild Trout Stream. It also represents some of the greatest diversity of vegetation communities of any drainage on the national forest. The surrounding area represents a transiticonifer forest. The vegetation ranges from sparse creosote, chamise and California buckwheat at lower elevations to oak and pinyon woodland and scattered mixed conifer, healthy riparian habitats are also present."
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sanbernardino/recreation/deepcreek/

Hot water runs into the creek, with natural hot tub like areas which been slightly and crudely improved, gives you water which hotter than one would generally have in a home hot tub [or bathtub]. There a small waterfall with about same water temperature but a bit cooler which allow you to take hot shower.
Takes about a hour or so to walk into the place. Not many people go there, but I only went on weekdays and non-holidays. About 1/2 or more of people go nude.
There rock walls you can jump from but probably safe to jump from height of about 15' as water isn't that deep.

I'm sure a nuclear plant would put out a lot more volume of hot water, but probably not as hot and this is a creek, not a river. The creek water would probably be a bit colder without the hot springs, but if you were say 100 yards down the creek there is no way you could know there are hot springs upstream [couldn't see them and the water temperature would seem normal [if not cooler] for typical creek or river water. And the hot tub area is beside one of the larger size pool areas of the creek, and the water in pool isn't noticeably warmer unless you are less than about 10' away. You can see some trout in this pool area.

There is no "mud bath" areas, but there grassy ground is warmer from hot water seeping thru the area. The water isn't caustic, but in areas of sources of springs, it's not quite boiling hot but you might be able to cook stuff.

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