点评:Of the 9 places we visited (8 were the state parks), this was our least favorite. We are from the Chicago suburbs and like to totally get away in nature. Someone who lived by Hot Springs told us that is is 'strange' because it is a National Park with a city in it. Put the Visitor Center in the GPS. Would have paid for parking downtown and upload an app to go there so decided to 'wing it' and figure out our hiking without a NP map. Had purchased the lifetime senior NP pass and it said it needed to be 'validated'. I was stressing about where to do that so asked someone as we got to our hiking destination. The people said this is one park you don't have to pay for. First, we did the Hot Springs Mountain Trail. It took 80 minutes to walk around. The strange thing was the view of the city. I took pictures away from the town. After that, we did the lower dogwood canyon. that took 90 minutes but we also added an extra part on across the street from the trail (part of upper dogwood canyon). Once we got away from the street side, you would barely know you were so close to a city. My husband said that, on the first trail, it was strange to hear the street noise. We did not pay to go up in the tower. After that, we went to the Gulpha Gorge picnic spot near the camping grounds and sat beside water. Drove around the park again. It seems like there is an entrance to the north of the city, west of the city, and south of the city but I didn't have the park map. Some are one way streets. It was very humid and I was hot with a tank top on with temperatures in the 70's at 9-10 a.m.
翻译:我们去了9个地方(其中8个是州立公园),这是我们最不喜欢的。我们来自芝加哥郊区,喜欢完全沉浸在大自然中。住在温泉镇附近的人告诉我们,这很“奇怪”,因为它是一个国家公园,里面却有一座城市。我把游客中心的信息录入了GPS。本来应该在市中心停车并上传一个应用程序才能到达那里,所以我们决定“随机应变”,在没有国家公园地图的情况下自己摸索徒步路线。我买了终身老年国家公园通行证,但上面说需要“验证”。我很纠结去哪里验证,所以到达徒步目的地后问了个人。人们说这是一个不用花钱的公园。首先,我们走了温泉山径。走了一圈花了80分钟。奇怪的是城市的景色。我拍了远离城镇的照片。之后,我们去了下山茱萸峡谷。花了90分钟,但我们还在小径对面的街上加了一段(上山茱萸峡谷的一部分)。一旦我们离开街道边,你几乎感觉不到自己离城市这么近。我丈夫说,在第一条路上,听到街上的噪音感觉很奇怪。我们没有花钱上塔。之后,我们去了露营地附近的古尔法峡谷野餐点,坐在水边。又开车绕了公园一圈。城北、城西和城南好像都有入口,但我没有公园地图。有些路是单行道。天气非常潮湿,早上9点到10点,气温在70华氏度左右,我穿着背心感觉很热。