Grotto Spring

Posted on May 30, 2023 by W. Keith Brenton

If you follow Spring Street north from Crescent Spring, make the turn to the west at its northernmost bend, you’ll come to Grotto Spring.

This beautiful spring reservation is a must-stop for visitors in cars or on the tour tram. Inside its natural cave — enhanced by a stone arch — the temperature is cool and there is almost always at least one candle burning in the darkness.

Though we are behind on rainfall right now, you can still see a damp floor where spring waters sometimes drip through. After a long gully-washer, this sub-grade spring will sometimes flood out.

Approaching from the east.
Grotto Spring is beautifully landscaped, like all the spring reservations.
The arch and steps down to the spring
I have no idea who the keeper of the candle might be.
The arch from the inside.
Approaching from the west.
A vintage -looking lamppost illuminates the reservation at night, matching those at other springs.
A small bench and column on the west side. There is a concrete picnic table and benches on the east side, a feature common to many of the spring reservations.
The view across the street from the spring at dusk.

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About W. Keith Brenton

W. Keith Brenton is a retired communication specialist, minister and passenger train conductor, living and writing in the historic resort village Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He is the widowed adoptive dad of Matt and Laura, and Pop-Pop to one grandchild. He enjoys drinking the local water, but unfortunately doesn’t look any younger than his actual age.
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