The last original bathhouse on Bathhouse Row still offering traditional thermal bathing. In continuous operation since 1912.
Of the eight historic bathhouses on Hot Springs' Central Avenue, only the Buckstaff still operates as it always has — hot spring water piped directly into private tubs, followed by a steam cabinet and cooling linen wrap. The building is Beaux-Arts, the equipment is largely original, and the attendants have been doing this for decades. There is no smartphone check-in. You sign a paper card and are escorted to your booth.
- $
- Private booths
- Steam cabinet
- Cooling linen wrap
- Original metal lockers
Pools & saunas
Waters & pools
- Thermal mineral
- 1 pools
- 44–47°C
Saunas & steam
- Steam
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Ken Lund / flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Worth knowing
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Only bathhouse on Bathhouse Row still offering the original 1912 thermal bathing service
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Naturally flowing spring water from 47 springs beneath Hot Springs Mountain
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The paper registration cards and original metal lockers are unchanged
An insider's tip
Request the full traditional service — whirlpool bath, steam cabinet, sitz bath, and needle shower. The complete 1912 protocol takes about 90 minutes and costs less than a coffee shop.
Don't leave without
The hot spring sitz bath and the steam cabinet in sequence. The sitz bath in particular — you'll feel it in your lower back immediately.
Good to know
- Dress code
- Nothing — you bathe in the thermal water as they did in 1912
- Timezone
- America/Chicago
Climate — Warmest around Aug (~35°C high), coolest around Jan (~13.3°C).
On the map
34.5126°N · 93.0536°W
