Facts About Hot Springs
- Hot Springs’ lowest point is 415 feet at Bull Bayou. The highest point in Hot Springs is 1,405 feet on Music Mountain.
- Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County.
- The city takes its name from the natural thermal water that flows from 47 springs on the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain in the historic downtown district of the city.
- Originally opened in 1912, the Buckstaff is the only facility on the Row that has never fully closed since it first started offering baths.
- According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Hot Springs has a total area of 35.1 square miles of which 35.0 square miles is land and 0.1 square miles is water
- In 1832, the Hot Springs Reservation was created by the United States Congress, granting federal protection of the thermal waters. The reservation was renamed Hot Springs National Park in 1921.
- Hot Springs was made a national park on March 4, 1921.
- Hot Springs was a common place for baseball spring training in the late 1800s through around 1940. The players used the many bathhouses and the water’s reported curative powers to get ready for the season.
- Hot Springs National Park, spanning 5,550 acres, is the smallest national park in the United States.
- The thermal water found within Hot Springs National Park is ancient spring water in its natural state, dating back nearly 4,000 years, According to the National Park Service.
