This is a series of videos about some of the features in the park. The "stars" are park rangers and other subject specialists. You can enjoy watching them here, download them to bring with you when you visit the park, and you can read more information about each topic. Hot Springs National Park gra…
Ranger Mark Blaeuer explains how the hydrotherapy equipment was used.
The trail shelter below the Hot Springs Mountain Tower dates back to horseback riding days.
The Fordyce Bathhouse has several displays of beautiful art glass.
Ranger Jeff Heitzman gives a living history demonstration in the Fordyce Bathhouse gymnasium.
Park Ranger Jeff Heitzman gives a living history demonstration.
Dumbbells were part of a physical culture routine in the Fordyce Bathhouse.
Ranger Jeff Heitzman demonstrates how to use Indian clubs. The Fordyce Bathhouse boasted the best gymnasium in the southwest in 1915. Watch a living history demonstration by Ranger Jeff Heitzman about how some of the equipment was used.
Find out where the rainwater to become the hot springs enters the ground.
Natural Resources Program Manager Steve Rudd tells how tufa is formed around the hot springs.
The Grand Promenade is a landscaped walkway behind Bathhouse Row. It is a beautiful place to stroll, sit and listen to birds, or just think about the colorful past of Hot Springs National Park.
The Oertel System of Graduated Exercise was built on the trails of Hot Springs National Park in 1914. Dr. Max Oertel developed the system to strengthen the heart through gradually increasing exercise. Sound familiar?
Hear about the Superior Bathhouse architecture and history with Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer.
Hear about the architecture and history of the Hale Bathhouse with Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer.
Hear about the architecture and history of the Maurice Bathhouse.
Electrotherapy and mechanotherapy were part of the massage department in the Fordyce Bathhouse in its early days. Hear about some of the equipment you can see when you tour.
Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer tells the story of the Fordyce Bathhouse.
Park Ranger Mark Blaeuer tells the story of the Ozark Bathhouse.
Find out about the beginnings of the only traditional bathhouse in business on Bathhouse Row.
This building houses management and administrative personnel but formerly housed a museum.
Superintendent Josie Fernandez welcomes visitors to Hot Springs National Park .
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