Hot Springs, Arkansas is about 45 minutes from Little Rock and located in Garland county. Hot Springs is excellent in it's growth potential and it is a great place to invest into property to build your dream home. Recreational activities include about 9 golf courses and numerous lakes for fishing and water sports. The climate averages about 80 degrees in the summer and about 50 degrees in the winter. The thermal waters that give Hot Springs its name are some of nature's most miraculous features. The water has been carbon-dated and determined by scientific testing to be the result of rainfall that fell in the Central Arkansas forests 4,000 years ago and seeps slowly down through the earth's crust until it becomes superheated by heat from the earth's core and then gushes rapidly to the surface in Hot Springs. If you are looking for a peaceful retirement community, then this is the place!