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    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

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  • Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center Closed

    The Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center is closed until Fall 2013 for a major maintenance project. A temporary park Visitor Center, along with the park store, are located in the Lamar Bathhouse at the south end of Bathhouse Row. Call for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions

color photo of [hot spring] water flowing into a collection pool with ferns visible in the right foreground

A collection pool at the foot of the hot spring water cascade provides a place to experience the hot spring water by touching it with your hands or soaking your feet.

Choose one of these topics for more information:

Hot spring water
Amount of hot spring water used
Bathhouse Row
Collecting and using the hot spring water

 

Did You Know?

black and white photo of Rector's bathhouse, a small one story frame building near the edge of Hot Springs Creek

In May 1862, Arkansas Governor Henry Massie Rector moved the state government to his hotel and bathhouse located on Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. That July, the government seat was moved further south to Old Washington for the remainder of the Civil War.