In my quest to one day visit all 59 national parks I have now reached the two thirds mark and consider myself qualified to say that the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas does not really meet the standard of a National Park.  It should properly be designated as a National Historical Park, akin to the Minute Man National Historical Park in my home town of Concord.  The tiny natural portion of the “park” is largely unremarkable while the hot springs have been capped and plumbed into a common feed system for the entire downtown area Bathhouse Row. Fordyce Bathhouse serves as the park’s Visitor’s Center and is really more of a museum.

There are a very small number of places where you can still see the hot springs and I am afraid this park will be near or at the bottom of my list.