Hot Springs National Park · Arkansas

Grand Avenue Trail

0.1 mi of trail, end to end · 40 ft of descent · 574 ft–613 ft

Grand Avenue Trail the Park Service's write-up

10-20 Minutes · dogs allowed

Start Trail head

A young man stands in the middle of a packed gravel trail looking up to the lush green trees. — Looking up on the trail Photo: NPS Photo/Mitch Smith

Grand Avenue Trail connects Oertel Trail with Grand Avenue. A local motel lies just south of the trailhead.

Distance (one way): 0.2mi (0.3km)

Elevation: 581 - 631ft (177 - 192m)

Typical grade: 4.7%

Accessibility This is a packed gravel trail. It is not ADA compliant.

This hike on nps.gov

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.