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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.

Gulpha Gorge Trail

Early spring shot of gravel tree lined trail on left side with the brown trailhead sign on a post of the right

NPS Photo

Park at the amphitheater parking area in Gulpha Gorge Campground. The trailhead is across Gulpha Creek at the end of the stepping stones; take the left trail. The first half of this trail is steep. To our right, Gulpha Gorge Trail winds up the mountain to meet Hot Springs Mountain Trail and Goat Rock Trail. Mortared stone water bars cross this path; a bench offers rest just before the summit.


If you start at the intersection with Hot Springs Mountain Trail, you can park at the junction of Hot Springs Mountain Drive and the North Mountain Loop. You will see a metal sign complete with a map, describing Gulpha Gorge Trail. The stone trail shelter gives relief from sudden downpours or the hot summer sun. Two signs show distances of trails leading from here.


If you start at the intersection with Hot Springs Mountain Trail, you can park at the junction of Hot Springs Mountain Drive and the North Mountain Loop. You will see a metal sign complete with a map, describing Gulpha Gorge Trail. The stone trail shelter gives relief from sudden downpours or the hot summer sun. Two more signs show distances for the trail leading from here.

Choose another trail.

 
Portion of infrared aerial map of park with Gulpha Gorge Trail drawn in yellow.
 
Choose Another Trail

Did You Know?

black and white photo of bronze eagle on top of limestone

In 1892 U.S. Army Lt. Robert R. Stevens hired the noted Boston firm of Frederick Law Olmsted to create landscaping plans for Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. Stevens rejected the firm’s plans in 1893, but some features were adopted and still survive today.