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April 17th, 2020
Beautifully landscaped Blue Spring Heritage Center, home to one of the area’s last uncapped springs, offers a fantastic combination of geology, history, and natural beauty.
Though Blue Spring has seen different uses and been landscaped over the years, the special area retains its beauty. The natural spring produces 38 million gallons of fresh, clear, 54-degree water every day. This water fills a deep, round pool encircled with flowers before spilling over into a trout-filled lagoon, then over a small dam and down to the White River.
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Tags: Blue Spring, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Eureka Springs inn, Medicine Wheel Garden, Native American History
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March 9th, 2020
If you’re fascinated by unique rock formations, you’ll enjoy a visit to historic Pivot Rock Park. This Eureka Springs roadside attraction has been drawing visitors for over a century!
There’s a lot to see and do in the Eureka Springs area, with Christ of the Ozarks, Beaver Lake, Onyx Cave, and so much more.
One of the most unique, however, is Pivot Rock Park – just 5 minutes from our Eureka Springs inn, 5 Ojo.
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Tags: Beaver Lake, Christ of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs bed and breakfast, Eureka Springs inn, Natural Bridge, Onyx Cave, Pivot Rock Park, Thorncrown Chapel
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February 7th, 2020
Arkansas is riddled with fascinating caves you can visit and tour. Did you know that Arkansas’ oldest show cave, Onyx Cave, is barely 15 minutes away from 5 Ojo, our Eureka Springs inn? It’s true!
Onyx Cave first opened to the public in 1893, just a couple of years after its discovery. The cave is filled with fascinating shapes: stalagmites, stalactites, and weird formations of flowstone. In fact, that’s where the cave got its name.
Flowstone is a smooth, sheet-like deposit of minerals that forms in a limestone cave, over thousands of years due to flowing water. Flowstone was once commonly referred to as “cave onyx,” and at least four states are home to one or more caves with “onyx” in their names.
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Tags: Arkansas' oldest show cave, Cosmic Cavern, Eureka Springs inn, Eureka Springs Lodging, flowstone, stalactites, stalagmites, War Eagle Cavern
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January 10th, 2020
Fairytales, Fables, and Folklore are the theme for Eureka Springs Mardi Gras 2020! Eureka Gras sees a cornucopia of events, including parades, parties, masked balls, and other events on now through the last week of February.
If you think New Orleans has the American lock on Mardi Gras, think again. While N’awlins and places like Mobile, AL get most of the press, Mardi Gras is celebrated all over the country, to some degree or another. Perhaps nowhere with as much joy and enthusiasm as right here in Eureka Springs, AR.
We take Mardi Gras seriously, here in Eureka Springs, with our own Royal Court, and Krewe of Krazo (Krazo is Ozark backwards). Eureka Gras includes more than a month of activities, including two parades, numerous parties and formal balls, and lots of 2nd line bands.
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Tags: Artigras, Eureka Gras, Eureka Springs bed and breakfast, Eureka Springs inn, Eureka Springs Lodging, Krewe du Kork, Mardi Gras parade, Masquerade Ball, Night Parade, Taste of N'Awlins
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December 6th, 2019
2019 is almost behind us and that means it is almost Ozark Mountain Music Festival 2020 time! OzMoMuFest is four days of live music – bluegrass, folk, urban and American roots – in Eureka Springs Basin Park Hotel. January 16th through the 19th, 2020.
Stay warm this January with some hot music at an outdoor music festival held on indoor stages – OzMoMu! The annual Ozark Mountain Music Festival always brings great bands and happy fans to town for four days of good music and 2020’s event promises no less.
This year’s lineup includes such popular bands as Arkansauce, Wood & Wire, The Hillbenders, and Dirtfoot.
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Tags: Arkansauce, Dirtfoot, Eureka Springs bed and breakfast, Eureka Springs inn, Eureka Springs Lodging, OzMoMu, OzMoMuFest, The Hillbenders, Wood & Wire
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November 8th, 2019
Believe it or not the holidays are almost upon us! Thanksgiving is already less than a month away with Eureka Springs Christmas Parade of Lights right behind. Read on to learn more about how we celebrate the holiday season in our little corner of the Ozarks!
The fun never stops in Eureka Springs, spring or fall, night or day. This is particularly true during the holiday season. Every week, from Thanksgiving to New Years Eve, features at least one – if not many – holiday dinner, tour, concert, or other event to attend. The whole town gets into the spirit with festive lights, creative decorations, and lots of holiday sales.
This town loves parades and one the biggest of the year is the annual Eureka Springs Christmas Parade of Lights. A big reason for this particular parade’s popularity resides in the fact that it is held at night.
Why a night parade?
Why, the better to see the thousands of lights that make up the floats, bespeckle the walkers, and suffuse the bands in their warming glow. This annual parade truly is a unique and magical spectacle that must be seen to be believed. It’s not all our Eureka Springs holiday has in store for you, though!
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Tags: Basin Spring Park, Eureka Springs bed and breakfast, Eureka Springs Candlelight Tour of Homes, Eureka Springs Holiday Events, Eureka Springs Lodging, Grady Nichols, John Two Hawks, New Years Eve, Night of 1000 Santas, Ozarks Chorale, Thanksgiving, The Aud, The Great Passion Play
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October 7th, 2019
The 72nd annual Ozark Folk Festival may be all the motivation you need to visit Eureka Springs this November – but it’s hardly the only thing happening. November also sees the Antique Festival of the Ozarks, Fall Diversity Weekend, Eureka Springs Food & Wine Weekend, and more!
Autumn is a wonderful time to visit the Ozarks. The air is cool, the leaves are transforming with their palette of warm colors – and the events just keep coming here in Eureka Springs!
For most communities, there’s not a whole lot going on between Halloween and Thanksgiving. In Eureka Springs, however, festivities are so common that Halloween looks like just another day of the week.
November 2019 will see the venerable Ozark Folk Festival celebrate its 72nd anniversary – but that’s not all. Not by a long shot.
Read on to discover all the fun a Eureka Springs autumn has in store!
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Tags: Antique Festival of the Ozarks, Barefoot Ball, Eureka Springs Día de Los Muertos, Eureka Springs Fall Diversity Weekend, Eureka Springs Food & Wine Weekend, Eureka Springs inn, Eureka Springs Lodging, Lady Bunny, Marty Stuart, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pig In A Wig, The Hedgehoppers
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September 7th, 2019
Autumn is very nearly upon us and Eureka Springs is still alive with things to see and do. October sees the popular War Eagle Craft Fair 2019, Hillberry Music Festival, Eureka Springs Oktoberfest, and – of course – loads of fun Halloween events!
Eureka Springs is located in an area that’s already worth visiting for its endless natural beauty. And yet our little town continually ups the ante with festivals, concerts, art shows, and other entertaining happenings. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. You’d be hard pressed to find a month in Eureka Springs that wasn’t stuffed to bursting with fun events.
October is no different with a variety of events followed by Halloween, which always brings out the best (and wackiest) in Eureka Springs. One of the first big events of the month is the annual Hillberry Music Festival.
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August 9th, 2019
Gearheads rejoice: Eureka Springs Antique Automobile Festival 2019 is rounding the curve and roaring up towards us at breakneck speed! The 49th annual return of the longest running car show in the Ozarks is scheduled for September 6th and 7th, 2019 at The Great Passion Play.
Eureka Springs Antique Automobile Festival has been a regional tradition for almost fifty years now. The annual event draws hundreds of restored classic cars and trucks, customized hot rods, muscle cars, street machines, and many other rare vehicles.
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Though the State of Arkansas has currently restricted out of state recreational travelers until further notice, 5 Ojo is open and serving Arkansas residents. We’re also getting ready for our out of state friends once this crisis has passed.
Enjoy A Safe Eureka Springs Getaway at 5 Ojo ... 
Discover Blue Spring Heritage Center ... 
Pivot Rock Park and Thorncrown Chapel ... 