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Hot Springs National Park
Tufa Terrace Trail
color photo of the portion of the hot spring water cascade above the Grand Promenade, showing the tufa build up around it

Tufa Terrace Trail begins above the Grand Promenade at Stevens Balustrade. The trail is named for the massive tufa (calcium carbonate) deposits around it. For millennia, the springs flowed down the mountainside, forming the tufa teraces seen here  and along the Grand Promenade. The trail comes back to the Grand Promenade, crosses it, and winds down alongside the Hot Water Cascade to Arlington Lawn.

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portion of infrared aerial map of park showing Tufa Terrace Trail in red
 
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Pres. Roosevelt is in an open touring car on Fountain St. in front of the Arlington Hotel. A crowd surrounds the car.  

Did You Know?
On June 10, 1936, President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Hot Springs National Park and toured the Fordyce Bathhouse as part of the Arkansas centennial celebration. FDR used the baths at Warm Springs, Georgia, on a regular basis to relieve his polio. He never bathed in Hot Springs.

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Last Updated: March 11, 2008 at 15:01 EST