Explore the restored Fordyce Bathhouse, the park visitor center and museum. Tour on your own or with a guide what was the "grandest bathhouse" of its time. Take a virtual tour for a sneak preview. Watch a brief history movie of the park and another that shows what a traditional bath is like. Children can earn a Junior Ranger badge by completing activities in the program booklet.
Courtesy of Buckstaff Baths
Enjoy a relaxing bath the same way visitors to Hot Springs did 50 years ago.
Did You Know?
On June 10, 1936, President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Hot Springs National Park and toured the Fordyce Bathhouse as part of the Arkansas centennial celebration. FDR used the baths at Warm Springs, Georgia, on a regular basis to relieve his polio. He never bathed in Hot Springs.