Hot Springs National Park
| Noun | 1. |  Hot Springs National Park - a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs; bathing is said to have therapeutic effects |
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| 释义 | Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs National ParkSee also: National Parks and Monuments (table)National Parks and Monuments Hot Springs National Park,5,549 acres (2,247 hectares), W central Ark.; est. 1921; nearly surrounded by the city of Hot Springs. Visited by Spanish explorer Hernando De SotoDe Soto, Hernando, c.1500–1542, Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedro Arias de Ávila in Central America and under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, the dashing young conquistador was made governor of Cuba by Emperor Charles V, with the right to conquer Florida ..... Click the link for more information. in 1541, the springs, long used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, became a Federal Reservation in 1832. More than a million gallons of water a day, with an average temperature of 143°F; (62°C;), flow from 47 springs. The National Park Service collects, cools, and supplies water to bathhouses in and out of the park. See National Parks and MonumentsNational Parks and Monuments National Parks Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size acres (hectares) Description Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. (table). Hot Springs National ParkHot Springs, AR 71901 Phone:501-620-6715 Web: www.nps.gov/hosp/ Size: 5,550 acres. Established: Hot Springs Reservation set aside on April 20, 1832; dedicated to public use as a park on June 16, 1880; redesignated as a national park on March 4, 1921. Location:In Hot Springs, Arkansas, 55 miles southwest of Little Rock, in the Zig Zag Mountains on the eastern edge of the Ouachita Range. Facilities:Campground (é), picnic area, rest rooms (é), bathhouse, visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Activities:Camping, hiking, horseback riding, thermal bathing, auto touring, family programs, guided and self-guided tours. Special Features:The oldest park currently in the National Park System (40 years older than Yellowstone National Park) protects 47 hot springs and their watershed, numerous hiking trails, as well as eight historic bathhouses that compose "Bathhouse Row," a National Historic Landmark District. See other parks in Arkansas. Hot Springs National Park
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