| It is well known for its wealthy natural resources | | | | of uncontaminated hot water for public use. The |
| and amazing wildlife. The Hot Springs National Park | | | | mountains within the park are also managed within |
| has it all from lush green valleys to hot springs | | | | this conservation philosophy in order to preserve |
| which are unique. No doubt it is nicknamed as 'The | | | | the hydrological system that feeds the springs. |
| American Spa'. The park includes portions of | | | | People have used the hot spring water in |
| downtown Hot Springs and is one of the most | | | | therapeutic baths for more than two hundred |
| easily visited national parks. No surprises if it had | | | | years to treat rheumatism and other ailments. |
| seen more than 1.5 million visitors in the year | | | | In the Hot Springs National park Bathhouse Row is |
| 2003. | | | | a Historic Landmark District. Other than the |
| Established from Hot Springs Reservation, Hot | | | | Buckstaff Bathhouse which still offers baths, the |
| Springs National Park is a United States National | | | | Visitor Center is the only building that can be |
| Park in central Arkansas adjacent to the city of | | | | entered. The vacant bathhouses, however offer |
| Hot Springs. It was made a national park on | | | | beautiful architectural features. Eventually, each of |
| March 4 1921. In the Hot Springs National Park the | | | | the now empty bathhouses will be rehabilitated |
| hot springs flow from the western slope of Hot | | | | for use. The Bathhouse Row/Grand Promenade |
| Springs Mountain which is a part of the Ouachita | | | | area is the only place where the hot springs |
| Mountain range. Interestingly in the park, the hot | | | | emerge. Most of the springs have been covered |
| springs have not been preserved in their unaltered | | | | for a hundred years to protect the purity of the |
| state as natural surface phenomena. They have | | | | water for use in the bathhouses and drinking |
| instead been managed to conserve the production | | | | fountains. |