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Hot Springs National Park
Ranger Fun Run Planned
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Date: June 30, 2009
Contact: Gail Sears, 501-620-6701
Contact: Josh Madison, 501-620-6715
Hot Springs National Park is hosting a Ranger Fun Run on July 11, 2009 beginning at 8 a.m. on West Mountain. Runners need to meet at the second West Mountain overlook, on the Summit Loop. The approximately 4.3 mile run will follow the West Mountain and Oak trails to the intersection of the Canyon Trail where there will be a hydration station. Then runners will then follow the road to the Mountain Top Trail and return to the starting point via the Sunset Trail and Summit Loop Road. Seasonal Park Ranger Josh Madison is coordinating the run.
“We hope to introduce more area runners to the trails of the park,” says Park Ranger Madison, who runs with the Spa Pacers. Historically the park trails were used for hiking and horseback riding. Running is a newer type of recreation for the trails, and the natural trail surface and scenery are an added value to the physical activity.
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Did You Know?
On June 10, 1936, President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Hot Springs National Park and toured the Fordyce Bathhouse as part of the Arkansas centennial celebration. FDR used the baths at Warm Springs, Georgia, on a regular basis to relieve his polio. He never bathed in Hot Springs.
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Last Updated: June 30, 2009 at 13:29 EST |
