Operating Hours
Open year-round.

Visitation
Highest June through Oct.; lowest in Dec. and January.

Permits
Two weeks notice is advised for scheduling a special tour for a group; call (501) 624-3383, x640 for more information.

Visitors Center and Programs
Visitor Center: The Visitor Center is also a museum offering self-guiding tours of the former Fordyce Bathhouse. The basement showcases the Fordyce spring. There are many wayside exhibits along Bathhouse Row.

Programs: Guided bathhouse tours and thermal features tours are given by park rangers and volunteers seasonally, and upon request (by advance reservation) for groups. Campfire programs at Gulpha Gorge Campground amphitheater during June, July, and August. Junior Ranger program for children. Wildflower walks, birding walks and other special hikes.

Food Supplies and Concessions
Food/Supplies: Local restaurants and grocery stores abound.

Concessions: The Visitor Center bookstore is managed by Eastern National; Hot Springs Mountain Tower includes a souvenir shop; the Buckstaff Bathhouse is the only remaining operating bathhouse concessioner on Bathhouse Row; the Hot Springs Health Spa/Libbey Memorial Physical Medicine Center located at the corner of Spring and Reserve; the Arlington, Majestic, Downtowner and Hot Springs Hilton hotels have thermal water bathing facilities whose functions are regulated by the National Park Service.

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