THE HOT SPRINGS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Mountain Ranges setting.
Hot Springs city has 37.6 square miles of land in Garland County. Its Census reference point is in Central Mountain Ranges, within Ouachita Mountains.
Long east-west ridges formed from folded sedimentary rock define the Ouachitas. Forested slopes and narrow intervening valleys differ from the plateaus and broad lowlands around the range.
Regional context: Ouachita Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hot Springs and Garland County
Hot Springs is associated with Garland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hot Springs by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Hot Springs, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 7.4 percentage points lower than the 7.8% recorded for Garland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hot Springs city has 18.1 times the land area of nearby Lake Hamilton CDP (2.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

