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Ancient thermal springs, mountain views, incredible geology, forested hikes, and abundant creeks – all in the middle of town – make Hot Springs National Park a unique and beautiful destination. Read More.
The ancient thermal springs, mountain views, incredible geology, forested hikes, and abundant creeks – all in the middle of town – make Hot Springs National Park a unique and beautiful destination.
Nestled in the heart of downtown Hot Springs, the National Park is surrounded by shops, diners, roads, and other attractions. There is a network of hiking trails and beautiful mountain overlooks for those looking to escape the feeling of city life that is also a part of the Park.
The thermal water at Hot Springs National Park is nearly 4,000-year-old spring water in its natural state. The water's high temperature kills most harmful bacteria, and it is monitored to U.S. standards for safe drinking water.
Hot Springs National Park is the only national park that protects a unique combination of lithology, geologic structure, and water sources that produce the only nonvolcanic geothermal springs of such high quality (temperature, taste, color, odorless) in the United States.
Hot Springs National Park has a long and colorful history, beginning long before its designation as Hot Springs Reservation in 1832. American Indians came here for thousands of years to quarry novaculite for their tools and weapons.
Learn more about the educational opportunities at the park - planning a field trip, curriculum resources, and suggested reading.
This office has the ultimate responsibility for managing the park with a staff of 50 National Park Service employees and a budget of approximately $4.6 million, including working with neighboring communities where visitors from the park spend an estimated $97.3 million a year.
Hot Springs National Park, 50 miles southwest of Little Rock, straddles a horseshoe shaped ridge formed by Sugarloaf Mountain (north), Music Mountain (west), and West, Hot Springs, and North mountains (south).
The National Park Service is working to protect the hot springs largely through sustainability and adaptation projects. However, there are also things we can do on individual and community scales to minimize the effects of climate change!