In which country is Hot Springs National Park located?

Hot Springs National Park is located in Arkansas, United States.

It is the smallest of the national parks, covering an area of 22.46 km². It borders the city that has benefited from utilizing and distributing the park's main resource: mineral-rich waters.

Many Native American tribes had settled in the area for countless years before any European settlement. The natural healing power of the water attracted them to the area. They called the land "place of the hot springs," a name that has endured.

Hot Springs National Park is presented as "the oldest park in the national park system" because 40 years before Yellowstone became the first national park, President Andrew Jackson designated the hot springs a special reserve.

The lands were settled by many Native American tribes who believed in the natural healing powers of the waters. The federal land was finally designated a national park in 1921. At that time, Hot Springs was known in the area as a spa where people sought relief from their aches and pains in the mineral-rich waters.

Developers covered, channeled, and diverted the springs toward the baths along Central Avenue, Hot Springs' main street. Bathhouse Row, in Hot Springs, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1974.