subject: Hot Springs Arkansas [print this page] Today, Hot Springs Arkansas is the tenth most popular city in the state of Arkansas of the USA, and the city is famous for its springs, which has made it a very successful spa-town in the Americas. These springs flows from the slope of the Hot Spring mountains western side There has been an amazing natural phenomenon that is played round the clock in this place for centuries, an that involves the water that reaches the surface percolates down very slowly deep in the earths crust until it reaches a super heated zone, from which it rushes to the surface and then emerges from the forty seven springs of the mountain. Hence, irregular rainfall does not make any major fluctuation in the rate of flow of hot water from the springs, hence making it a well weather vacation destination and popularize among people there.
Hot springs was the home to the Native American Indians before the Europeans came to the Americas for the first time and believed the land holds some healing powers due to the presence of natural hot springs. It was explored by Father Marquette and Jolliet in 1673; He claimed the region on behalf of France immediately after discovery, hundred years later in 1763 with the signing of Treaty of Paris Spain got the control of Arkansas, but the French got its control back in 1800 until the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. And by 1807, modern Hot Springs started to be inhabited by modern man.
Those 47 thermal springs plays a vital role in making hot springs Arkansas a tophot springs vacation estination. The hot springs national park in the top tourist attraction of this place, which boasts of the bath houses that harbors thermal baths, artificial crystal falls, water and theme parks. Lake tours, non stop music, religious and magic shows, gardens, art community shows, shopping opportunity, easy lodging facility, antiques show also adds to its being not just a hot springs vacation, but also a top flight tourist destination in the USA today.
There are also attractive outdoor activities along with the ones mentioned above, and the most important of them all includes the golf resort and horse riding sporting activities, quartz crystal mines, and various water sports, fishing and then comes the private lake resort, rented houseboats and various other accommodations that are located in the heart of state parks and thus numerous options exist for a vacation hot spot. Hot springs Arkansas is located in the Ouachita Mountains valley, which also harbors the Ouachita National Forest, is the other natural attraction of the regions beside the region.
