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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
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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.
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.
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.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Hot Springs opened in early 2009. NPS Photo by Gail Sears Museum of Contemporary Art of Hot Springs (MOCA)
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 |
Did You Know?
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.