Hot Springs National Park - Facilities

Open All Year 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.


501-624-3383, ext. 640


The visitor center is located in the former Fordyce Bathhouse on Bathhouse Row in downtown Hot Springs. Bathhouse Row is located on Arkansas Highway 7 or Central Avenue between Reserve and Fountain Streets. Parking is available in private lots and meters on all adjacent streets.


January 1, Thanksgiving Day, December 25


Several days each week as staffing allows, rangers lead guided outdoor walks at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. A program at 2:30 is "Ranger"s Choice" and could be an outdoor walk, Fordyce Bathhouse Tour or other program. Call the visitor center for the daily program schedule.


The Fordyce Bathhouse exhibits 24 rooms that are refurnished like they were when the building opened for baths in 1915. Modern exhibits on the second floor detail the use and development of the spa. The Fordyce Spring is also on display in the basement.


The visitor center in the former Fordyce Bathhouse is also a museum offering self-guided tours. Considered the most elegant bathhouse when completed in 1915, it contains lovely mosaic tile floors, marble, stained glass windows and ceilings, gymnasium, and routine bathing equipment. The park 15-minute orientation movie, "Valley of Vapors," offers a brief history of the area. "Taking the Baths" is a 9-minute video showing the traditional bathing routine in the Hot Springs bathhouses. Eastern National has a bookstore with books and other items pertaining to the baths and the park. Rest rooms and water fountains are located in the basement.