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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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Did You Know?
In 1892 U.S. Army Engineer 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.

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