Fordyce Bathhouse (Vistor Center)

This is on bathhouse row. No baths here but national park info. Check out the historic hotel The Arlington Thermal Bathhouse and spa. Two other bath houses were operational when we were there Buckstaff (also a hotel with hot spring water going to each hotel room) and Quapaw. There is a bottle filling station up the road behind Arlington on thr road that leads to the Hot Springs tower. Just before you get to the right to go up to the tower on your left is the spring filling station. On the corner beside the Arlington there is a place to touch the hot water coming from the spring. The spring access is in a park between the bathhouses on bathhouse row and the arlington. Cute town. Want to go back for a 3-4 day stay.

Come here and walk back behind the visitors center (around the left side) for a beautiful outdoor hot spring where you can touch the water and see the beautiful grounds. We arrived 2 minutes before 5pm when they were closing but the staff still helped us enjoy our trip! Must see stop, right in town. Free parking if you follow the signs.