Hot Springs National Park
Thermal springs and a row of historic bathhouses, protected four decades before Yellowstone.
- 27named trails
- 32trail miles mapped
- Arkansaslocation
Popular hikes in Hot Springs
- Grand Promenade · about 0.5 mi · Easy
- Peak Trail · about 1.5 mi · Moderate
- Gulpha Gorge · about 1.6 mi · Moderate
- Hot Springs Mountain · about 1.7 mi · Moderate
- Goat Rock · about 2.4 mi · Moderate
- Sunset Trail · about 10 mi · Moderate
Best months to visit
- November: The Ouachitas still hold late fall color into early November, and a soak in Bathhouse Row's thermal water feels best on a cool day.
Permits and reservations
No reservations are required to visit.
- Gulpha Gorge Campground: Reservations are required for all 40 sites, made in advance on Recreation.gov up to 6 months ahead.
All 27 trails in Hot Springs
- Arlington Trail · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Balanced Rock Trail · 0.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Canyon Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Carriage Road · 0.28 mi round trip · Easy
- Floral Trail · 0.7 mi round trip · Easy
- Fordyce Peaks Trail · 2.32 mi round trip · Easy
- Fountain Trail · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Goat Rock Trail · 2.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Grand Avenue Trail · 0.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Grand Promenade · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Grand Promenade Access · 0.1 mi round trip · Easy
- Gulpha Gorge Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Honeysuckle Trail · 1 mi round trip · Easy
- Hot Springs Mountain Trail · 1.7 mi loop · Easy
- Lower Dogwood Trail · 1.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Mountain Top Trail · 3 mi round trip · Moderate
- Oak Trail · 2 mi round trip · Easy
- Oertel Trail · 2.8 mi round trip · Easy
- Peak Trail · 1.2 mi round trip · Easy
- Pullman Trail · 1.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Reserve Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Short Cut Trail · 0.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Sunset Trail · 15 mi loop · Very strenuous
- Tufa Terrace Trail · 0.6 mi round trip · Easy
- Upper Dogwood Trail · 2 mi round trip · Easy
- West Mountain Trail · 2.4 mi round trip · Easy
- Whittington Trail · 1.2 mi loop · Easy
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