The thermal waters that give Hot Springs its name are some of nature's most miraculous features. The 47 "hot springs" along the forested southwestern slope of Hot Springs Mountain gush forth nearly a million gallons of 143-degree water every day - whether the weather has been wet or dry. The naturally pure water then is used for thermal bathing and massage and also is avidly consumed as drinking water from free public springs in the downtown area.

The water has been carbon-dated and determined by scientific testing to be the result of rainfall that fell in the Central Arkansas forests 4,000 years ago and seeps slowly down through the earth's crust until it becomes superheated by heat from the earth's core and then gushes rapidly to the surface in Hot Springs. Although drugs have replaced the thermal waters as a specific treatment for arthritis and other diseases, the healing effects of the relaxation and good feeling brought about by the miraculous hot springs remain popular worldwide.

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