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Hot Springs National ParkGulpha Gorge Campground in the spring with redbud and dogwood trees blooming.
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Hot Springs National Park
Indoor Activities
Exterior of Fordyce Bathhouse, looking north, with the Maurice Bathhouse and Arlington Hotel in background.
Explore the restored Fordyce Bathhouse, the park visitor center and museum.
Tour on your own or with a guide what was the "grandest bathhouse" of its time. Take a virtual tour for a sneak preview. Watch a brief history movie of the park and another that shows what a traditional bath is like. Children can earn a Junior Ranger badge by completing activities in the program booklet.
 
Smiling woman in ceramic tub with water; woman is draped with a white towel
Courtesy of Buckstaff Baths
Enjoy a relaxing bath the same way visitors to Hot Springs did 50 years ago.

Take a traditional bath at the Buckstaff Baths, a park concessionaire since 1912, or at any of the following bathhouses in the city of Hot Springs that have Park Service special permits to offer thermal bathing:
Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa
Austin Hotel and Spa
Springs Hotel and Spa

 

Read about the reopening of the Quapaw Baths, which opened in July 2008. Now you can go into a pool with the hot springs water. To get more information, see their website.
The Lamar Spring and collection pool, with brick walkway surrounding, with steam rising above.  

Did You Know?
Water emerging from the hot springs in Hot Springs National Park fell as rain when the pyramids of Egypt were built—4400 years ago!

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Last Updated: July 25, 2008 at 13:29 EST