Hot Springs National Park

New York Art Teacher Earns 30 National Park Resident Artist Spots In 10 Years

Art teacher Heather Heckel has earned more than two dozen artist-in-residency stints at national parks around the country.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - February 1st, 2026

National Parks Quiz and Trivia #94

The new year is just around the corner. To bid farewell to 2025, here the last quiz and trivia piece of the year. Test your knowledge with these questions and see just how much you know about units of the National Park System. You might know more than you realize. You’ll definitely learn something new from both questions and trivia.

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By Rebecca Latson - December 6th, 2025

National Park Service Seeks Proposals To Operate Historic Bathhouse

The National Park Service (NPS) recently issued a prospectus seeking proposals for a 10-year contract operating a historic bathhouse in Hot Springs National Park.

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By David and Kay Scott - October 8th, 2025

Adaptive Rehabilitation Results In A Unique National Park Lodge

Most of America’s national park lodges including Old Faithful Inn, El Tovar, Ahwahnee, Jackson Lake Lodge and Many Glacier Hotel were constructed as park lodges.

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By David and Kay Scott - April 19th, 2025

Tidbits From Around The National Park System

So many stories, so little time. At least it feels like that when trying to stay atop news from around the National Park System. With that challenge in mind, here's a look at some topics we haven't had time to fully develop.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - September 22nd, 2024

Preserving The Thermal Springs And Bathhouses Of Hot Springs, Arkansas

Like people have been doing here in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas since the late 1800s, I slip off a white bath sheet and ease into an antique bathtub filled with swirling thermal water. For 20 minutes, I enjoy a therapeutic soak before transferring to a sitz tub in another part of the Buckstaff Bathhouse.

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By Jennifer Bain - May 12th, 2024

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Magnolia Trees Being Replaced At Hot Springs National Park

Five aged and weakened magnolia trees at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas are being replaced with younger, healthier trees.

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October 15th, 2023

Hot Springs’ Gulpha Gorge Campground Reservations Available February 1 On Recreation.gov

Starting February 1, 2022, Hot Springs National Park will begin accepting online reservations for the Gulpha Gorge Campground on Recreation.gov

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January 26th, 2022

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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #35: The Waterfall Edition

Waterfalls soothe us with their sounds, inspire our imaginations by their very presence, and, even refresh us, on occasion, with their cool spray. From the Pacific Northwest to the Eastern Seaboard, these cascades if water – named and unnamed – populate the National Park System. See how much you know about national park waterfalls, and maybe learn a little something, too.

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August 6th, 2021

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Hot Springs National Park Schedules BioBlitz

Avocational and aspiring scientists alike are invited to join staff at Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas next month for a BioBlitz at the park.

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April 27th, 2021

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