Hot Springs,
Arkansas was once the go-to place for restoring health and vitality through
bathing in the healing waters of the many hot springs. While we didn’t partake
of the baths, we did get a bit damp as we strolled along Bath House Row
admiring the architecture. This city gets its name from the 47 natural springs
of thermal water on the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain. These springs
produce about a million gallons of 143 °F water each day. National Park Service
scientists found, through radiocarbon dating, that the water coming to the
surface today fell as rain some 4,400 years earlier. The water oozes very
slowly down through the earth’s surface finally reaching superheated areas deep
within the crust, then rushes to the surface to appear in the hot springs.
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| Hot Springs from Hot Springs Mountain |
