Living in the North Little Rock area back in the early 60s when in the Air Force we got to visit the Hot Springs area several times... Being well noted for its quartz deposits and even diamonds as well as real hot springs make this place very unique. Hard to imagine this area was part of the Gulf of Mexico many millions of year ago and the continent drift over-laid this area creating the Quachita small Mtn range in the East West direction not like the normal north-south directions of the other mountain ranges in the US... These small height mountains extend into OKLA and North East Texas... All around the Wichita Falls TX area you find Sea Fossils all over the flat country side there...
Enjoy your stay at Hot Springs while we are still blessed with it.
Roy Ken