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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.

Indoor Activities

Visit the Lamar Bathhouse, temporary park visitor center. Located at the south end of Bathhouse Row, near the corner of Central and Reserve Streets, the Lamar Bathhouse also houses the park store, Bathhouse Row Emporium. See exhibits and watch park movies, shop for souvenirs and even taste the hot spring water, all inside the Lamar. It is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with possible extended hours in the summer; closed New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

 
Smiling woman in ceramic tub with water; woman is draped with a white towel

Enjoy a relaxing bath the same way visitors to Hot Springs did 50 years ago.

Courtesy of Buckstaff Baths

Take a traditional bath at the Buckstaff Baths, a park concessioner since 1912. This experience with individual tubs was patterned after European spas in the early 1900s. Children eleven years old and up may have a traditional bath here.

 
Interior shot of long narrow pool from one end, with terra cotta colored floor tile on left and stained and clear glass skylight above on right.

Quapaw Baths and Spa offers pools with water from the hot springs.

NPS photo

Soak in pools with the hot spring water or have a modern day spa experience at the Quapaw Baths and Spa. Children 14 and older may use the spa pools. Read more about it.

 
Lobby of museum. Letters MOCA are painted on wall behind marble counter. There is an orange glo to the photo. Several people are standing at the far left.

Museum of Contemporary Art of Hot Springs opened in early 2009.

NPS Photo by Gail Sears

Museum of Contemporary Art of Hot Springs (MOCA)
Park Lessee
MOCA -Museum of Contemporary Art - Hot Springs is a non-profit 501(C) organization located in the historic Ozark Bathhouse. For more information, visit their website.

 
Color photo of steel tower, looking from driveway below tower, spring season with trees half leafed out.

Hot Springs Mountain has had a lookout tower since at least 1877. This is the third tower to stand near this location and still gives a great view of the surrounding mountains.

Hot Springs National Park

Visit the Hot Springs Mountain Tower
Park Concession
Located on Hot Springs Mountain Drive, the 216 foot tall tower overlooks 140 miles of the beautiful Ouachita Mountains. A gift shop on the ground level offers a variety of souvenirs. For more information, visit their website.

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.