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Hot Springs National ParkThe front of the Fordyce Bathhouse, the park visitor center.
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Hot Springs National Park
Lower Dogwood Trail
color photo of Lower Dogwood Trail junction sign. Sign is made of dark brown metal with gold lettering

Begin the Lower Dogwood Trail by taking a left at the east end of Arlington Trail. You'll find a smooth but steep gravel path that climbs North Mountain. Sandstone boulders near the top mark the westernmost tip of the trail. From there, the trail turns right and drops downhill for a hundred yards before turning up the mountain again. Ignore the left trail in the steep curve; it is an unmaintained path that eventually leaves the park. Several water bars cross the path and can be a safety hazard, watch your step. At the next two junctions, go right to return to the Floral Trail, completing the Lower Dogwood Trail. Each left trail is a secion of the Upper Dogwood Trail.

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Red aerial map of Hot Springs National Park with the Lower Dogwood Trail highlighted in fuschia
 

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black and white photo of Rector's bathhouse, a small one story frame building near the edge of Hot Springs Creek  

Did You Know?
In May 1862, Arkansas Governor Henry Massie Rector moved the state government to his hotel and bathhouse located on Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. That July, the government seat was moved further south to Old Washington for the remainder of the Civil War.

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Last Updated: July 07, 2008 at 11:19 EST