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    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

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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.

Join Our Friends

Friends of the Fordyce and Hot Springs National Park, Inc.

The Friends of the Fordyce was organized in 1987 for the purpose of partnering with the National Park Service in the preservation of the historic bathhouses and the rehabilitation of the landscaped grounds.

A nonprofit organization, the Friends bring alive the spirit and pride found in Hot Springs for our National Park. Through individual and corporate donations and fund-raising activities, the Friends host special events and make acquisitions for the park.

The annual fund-raiser for the Friends is a Wine, Food and Art Extravaganza held on the first Sunday in May since 1997.

For more information, go to the Friends website.

Did You Know?

Gulpha Creek in fall, below campground amphitheater, with bridge over Gorge Road in right background

The name Gulpha Creek is a corruption of the French name for the stream. Explorer William Dunbar reports the name "Fourche á Calfat" in the journal of his visit in 1804. Calfat eventually became Gulpha.