Point of Interest, Hot Springs National Park

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The eight buildings of Bathhouse Row make up the centerpiece of Hot Springs National Park.

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At the south end of the National Historic Landmark District is the Hot Springs National Park Administration Building.

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Named in honor of the former U. S. Supreme Court Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the Lamar Bathhouse opened in 1923.

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The Buckstaff Bathhouse has been in continuous use since it opened in 1912.

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The Spanish Colonial Revival-style Ozark Bathhouse was built in the summer of 1922 and closed in 1977.

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The Quapaw Bathhouse sits on the site of two previous bathhouses, the Horseshoe and Magnesia.

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The largest bathhouse on the row at approximately 28,000 square feet, the Fordyce opened in 1915.

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The Maurice Bathhouse opened for business on Jan. 1, 1912, the first facility offering a more luxurious bathhouse experience.

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The current incarnation of the Hale Bathhouse - at least the fourth building to use this name - is the oldest visible structure on Bathhouse Row.

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The Superior, the northernmost bathhouse on Bathhouse Row, opened in 1916 and was built on the site of the original Superior Baths that opened in the 1880s.

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At the north end of Bathhouse Row is Arlington Lawn, a wide, green area that features a gazebo, Tufa Rock and a hot-water cascade pool.

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At the north end of Bathhouse Row is Arlington Lawn, a wide, green area that features a hot water cascade, as well as a gazebo and Tufa Rock.

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Tufa Rock, a large boulder on the Arlington Lawn, is just as it sounds - a large boulder made of tufa.

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Finished in 1957, The .5-mile long Grand Promenade was started as part of a Public Works Administration project in the 1930s.

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Maurice Historic Spring Area is between Hale Bathhouse and Maurice Bathhouse on the northern part of Bathhouse Row.

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The original main entrance to Hot Springs Reservation, as it was called from 1832 until 1922, was between the Maurice and Fordyce bathhouses directly below the Stevens Balustrade.

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First known as the Army and Navy General Hospital, then the Hot Springs Rehabilitation Center, the present-day Arkansas Career Training Institute was the first combined general hospital for both U.S. Army and Navy patients in the nation.

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The city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, which surrounds Hot Springs National Park, has a population of a little over 35,000 residents.

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Gulpha Gorge is a steep-sided canyon cut by the Gulpha Creek, close to the Gulpha Gorge Campground and its picnic area.

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Gulpha Creek runs roughly parallel to Highway 7 throughout the eastern portion of the park.

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Built by park maintenance workers in 1932, the Gulpha Gorge Volunteer Cabin in Gulpha Gorge Campground now serves as a residence for the park's artist-in-residence program.

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Accessible via Hot Springs Mountain Drive, as well as a number of hiking trails, Hot Springs Mountain is the definitive feature in the eastern portion of the park.

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Opened in 1983, the Hot Springs Mountain Tower provides visitors with a viewpoint 1,256 feet above sea level.

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Hot Springs Mountain Drive offers the main scenic access to the eastern portion of the park.

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West Mountain, in the western park of the park, offers a number of trails and also offers a great scenic drive..

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West Mountain Drive provides the main access to the park's western section, on West Mountain.

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West Mountain Summit Drive provides access to the Sunset Trail, on the park's western side.

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North Mountain, as its name would suggest, is just north of Hot Springs Mountain.

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The summit of North Mountain in Hot Springs National Park features a scenic overlook with a parking area and the trailhead of the Upper Dogwood Trail.

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To access Goat Rock, visitors must take the 1.1-mile one-way Goat Rock Trail, which begins from the North Mountain Overlook.

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North Mountain Loop Drive on Hot Springs Mountain is a short, one-way loop road off Hot Springs Mountain Drive.

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The Ouachita Mountain Range covers parts of west-central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.

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Music Mountain is the park's highest peak, at 1,405 feet.

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Sugarloaf Mountain, which peaks at 1,209 feet, is in the northern section of Hot Springs National Park and crossed by the Sunset Trail.

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Located between Gulpha Gorge and Magic Springs, Indian Mountain was the site of a Native American novaculite quarry.

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Crossed by the Sunset Trail, Fordyce Mountain is named for its former owner, Samuel Fordyce.

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The Ouachita National Forest covers 1.8 million acres across central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma, with headquarters in Hot Springs.

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A reservoir created out of the Ouachita River, Lake Hamilton was filled south of Hot Springs following the construction of Carpenter Dam in the 1930s.

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Central Avenue (Route 7) is the primary access road for Bathhouse Row and Hot Springs National Park.

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Reserve Street runs along the southwestern portion of the park's eastern half, intersecting with Central Avenue.

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Whittington Avenue, north of the park's western section, covers roughly the same ground as Whittington Trail.

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Those who wish to access the western portion of the park via West Mountain Drive can do so from Prospect Avenue.

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Gorge Road (Route 7) connects to East Grand Avenue in downtown Hot Springs and provides access to the Gulpha Gorge Campground.

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Blacksnake Road enters Hot Springs National Park from the west and is an alternate way to access the park.

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The landmark Levi Hospital on Prospect Avenue was founded in 1914 by the International Order of B'nai B'rith to provide free healthcare services to the poor.

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Happy Hollow Spring and Whittington Spring are the park's two cold-water springs.

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On the third and final section of the Sunset Trail is Ricks Pond on Stonebridge Road, an area that was once owned by the Fordyce family and Earl Ricks, a former mayor of Hot Springs.

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Reachable via a spur off the middle section of the Sunset Trail, Balanced Rock is a novaculite outcropping sitting precariously atop another novaculite boulder.

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Desoto Park, on the far eastern edge of Hot Springs National Park, offers fishing, a picnic pavilion, playground, restrooms and trails.

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Bull Bayou is a stream that runs along the western edge of Hot Springs National Park near Music Mountain.

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Whittington Spring, along with Happy Hollow Spring, are the park's cold-water springs.

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Named in honor of early Hot Springs resident Hiram Whittington, Whittington Park was originally called Whittington Lake Reserve when it was established in the late 1890s.