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    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

Hot Springs National Park In-Depth

This is a series of videos about some of the features in the park. The "stars" are park rangers and other subject specialists. You can enjoy watching them here, download them to bring with you when you visit the park, and you can read more information about each topic.

Hot Springs National Park gratefully acknowledges students of the Fountain Lake High School EAST Lab for creating these.

 
Superintendent Josie Fernandez

Cobra EAST Lab

Josie Fernandez

Park Superintendent Josie Fernandez
Josie welcomes all visitors to Hot Springs National Park.

 
Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer

Cobra EAST Lab

Mark Blaeuer

Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer (retired)
Mark details a variety of subjects, including the architecture of historic Bathhouse Row, methods of electro-mechanotherapy, hydrotherapy, the Oertel Trail System, and the Grand Promenade.

 
Steve Rudd

Cobra EAST Lab

Steve Rudd

Natural Resources Manager Director Steve Rudd
Steve discusses the geology of the hot springs: what makes the water hot, the hot springs recharge area, and tufa.

 
Portrait of ranger in uniform: Brown haired white male with a mustache

NPS Photo

Jeff Heitzman

Park Ranger Jeff Heitzman
Jeff portrays a patron in the Fordyce Bathhouse Gymnasium and demonstrates how to exercise with some of the popular equipment of 1915.

 
Portrait of ranger in uniform: white male with light brown facial hair and very short light brown hair, solemn look

NPS Photo

Joe Herron

Park Ranger Joe Herron
Joe tells about the remarkable stained glass of the Fordyce Bathhouse. He also visits the picturesque Pagoda on Hot Springs Mountain.

 
Cutie Plumber Jason Bosley

Cobra EAST Lab

Jason Bosley

Hot Water System Specialist Jason Bosley
Jason explains how the hot spring water is collected for distribution to bathhouses and for other uses.

Did You Know?

Team photo of 1913 Boston Red Sox team with inscription

Hot Springs, Arkansas, was the premier baseball spring training site from the 1880s-1940s. The Chicago White Stockings, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox and others came to soothe their aching muscles at the many bathhouses using Hot Springs National Park water.