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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.

Volunteer

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Park Volunteer Bill Vermilyea helps with outdoor projects.

NPS Photo by Toni McDowell

People from the local Hot Springs area volunteer year round for various activities.

 

Volunteer Opportunities at Hot Springs National Park

As a Volunteer in Parks-VIP- at Hot Springs National Park, you can make a real difference. VIPs work side by side with the National Park Service staff to help visitors enjoy and learn about the park in ways that preserve it for future generations. Think how much you will learn about the park by contributing to its successful operation.

The park needs Campground Hosts for the summer months (May 1st thru August 30th) at Gulpha Gorge Campground. For more information about what a Campground Host does, please read this job description.

For more information on the park's volunteer program, contact Toni McDowell, Volunteer Coordinator. You may also call her at (501) 620-6744.

Did You Know?

copy of lithograph from a publication showing the valley of the hot springs with Hot Springs Creek on the right and two men in the foregroun

Hot Springs Reservation, the first designation of Hot Springs National Park, was set aside by Congress in 1832. This makes Hot Springs National Park the oldest unit in the national park system, 40 years older than Yellowstone National Park.