Mammoth Spring State Park, Arkansas

This video is about our visit to Mammoth Spring State Park in Mammoth Springs Arkansas. This place is wonderful! It's the 10th largest sporing in the world and produces on average 9.5 million gallons of water per hour. There's an old Hydroelectric plant at the dam that used to be functional up to the 1970's. Standing over the dam and watching and listening to the water flow is such an axing experience!
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[@KiloRenIsMid]

Just went here for vacation miss it alot and you guys showed all if my favorite places thanks

[@arizonabusinessleague918]

You two are a beautiful couple & people.

[@lenaolivetti9366]

Thank you!!!

[@Abdullah_M_T]

Amazing

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

Mammoth Spring is a fantastic place to visit. I remember going there a couple of times as a little kid in the late 70’s and just loving it. It’s a very special place. I think a lot of people haven’t been there just because they don’t know about it.

[@mannys9130]

I just want to find love like Adam and Abby have for each other. Is that too much to ask from the universe? 😭 I'll keep looking. In the meantime, I can't stress how much I enjoy these videos. It's not my vacation, but I enjoy it pretty much the same amount. :)

[@raylz19]

What did the fish say when it swam into a concrete wall......................Dam.

[@bradleyrobertson1583]

Seeing how I live here and see this every day it's weird watching this but cool none the less there is actually a huge concrete room with a metal cage door that you guys missed

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Awesome stop folks !!! Thanks for sharing with us Adam and Abby, really appreciate you taking us along for the ride. Beautiful day. Stay safe. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

[@danielc.2042]

I travel right past there every time I head out to Wyoming.

[@stephengile530]

Lot fancier than when I was there as a kid, close to 60 years ago. We were there to see friends and stayed at some cottages down stream and fished in the river out back of them. Remember how cold the water was.

[@stevenopp4658]

I spent a ton of time here as a kid

[@Gentlephire]

That spring is so gorgeous!

[@stevehansen5477]

Mammoth Spring is the headwater/source for the Spring River. The water is so cold in the first couple of miles that it supports a trout fishery. Summer weekends the river is covered up with floaters (inner tubes mostly), canoes, and kayaks while the beaches are one big party.

[@mattgilbert364]

Thanks for the great review of our home. Come see us again.

[@4themusicman]

I was in the area on business back in December, 2011. I had a day off and stumbled upon this place by accident. I'm a sucker for anything related to water and have a love of trains. So to combine the two was outstanding. Unfortunately, because of the time of year, it was rather chilly and vegetation was dormant. I was the only one there that day and everything was closed. But I could walk around freely just like you stated. To my surprise, a train passed through during my time there so that was pretty cool. I've wanted to take my wife to see it but haven't been in the area since. I agree though, it is somewhat of a not-so-hidden gem. And the cost of admission is perfect. I'm also a big music fan so to learn of the connection to the Grand Old Opry was a cool find as well. Great video. Congrats.

[@josephcitizen4195]

Just a suggestion, could you get a good shot of the plaques that describe things? Just a second or two that way we can pause the video and read it. I doubt I'll ever get to see the springs but would love to read about the machinery in that pump house.

[@PNEKarl]

Yes, I agree too. I often pause a video to try and read the information.

[@KronosIV]

That was some absolutely terrific dam footage, Adam and Abby! It looks like you both had a great time at the dam park, so many smiles. Looking forward to your next dam video to come out soon. Thanks for sharing your dam day with us!

[@jakeaaron]

My hometown. My first job was at the old hatchery, I used to skate at the tourist information center everyday.

[@FunnyFarmCountryBoy]

Cool I live right by I like to fish it

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Wow, and to think as many times we traveled by the exit to the Park, never took time to stop...Now that we don't travel as much, will have to put the Park on our Bucket List (@@)! Thx for sharing you Adventure,,Bear & Sammie in TX,,,??Please stop in if going though DFW Tx,,love to have you, and plenty of room for your rig :)> Of course you are welcome to a Shop tour with cook out :)>

[@michaelchamberlain4618]

I love train's also.

[@DanoWildman]

Amazing! greetings from Peru. I loved the video.

[@TK33173]

If you and Abby enjoyed that spring, you should check Big Spring, Blue Spring, and Alley Spring mill in the Ozark National Riverways around the Emminence and Van Buren MO area

[@daviddavis703]

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

[@jacklabloom635]

Another great video. Thank you for sharing your travel adventures. Your microphones are awesome. You are both crystal clear even with that massive water flow noise in the background.

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Adam looking at the water flowing over the dam…. Secretly thinking about Flood Coolant on the shaper

[@assassinlexx1993]

Can you imagine the size of the tank. 😆🤦‍♂️

[@francisschweitzer8431]

The train screaming like that is a indication of worn “Tires” Yes they call them that. They are FLAT…. They are beveled to induce a centering camber. When the TIRES flatten out that BEVEL… it causes the Flanges to run hard against the rail and produces that “SCREAM”

[@royreynolds108]

The train is traversing a sharp curve. It has nothing to do with "tires" as they are not used on rail cars or most diesel locomotives.

[@stumccabe]

Great to see you both enjoying life so much. Thanks.

[@jimsmith5294]

That sure is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@SteveManCentral]

Definitely a cool place to visit! My parents live in Cherokee Village, AR and every time I see them I go up to Mammoth Spring. Next time you are in the area, check out The Spring Dipper (best ice cream EVER!!!) and Fred's Fish House for an amazing catfish dinner.

[@BigPap62]

Thanks for another great video!! My wife and I really enjoy all your episodes and look forward this years Big Haul!!! Enjoy your time!!

[@dannygreene4594]

Real cool stuff keep sharing

[@zackeudy6236]

Check out the Blanchard Springs Caverns. You'll never see anything else like it.

[@jdmccorful]

Quite a nice location. Thanks for the look.

[@jacksak]

Can't help it, gotta say that when you touched that valve wheel it reminded me of Clark Grizwald in "Las Vegas Vacation". I imagined you turning the wheel making the entire Mammoth Spring drain and turn dry never to be seen again. Anyway, I just had a laugh to myself. ~~~ But, great video!

[@jerrysgaragethemoneypit2028]

I am enjoying your trip videos.

[@royreynolds108]

To determine the flow rate, only need to measure the depth of the water going over the crest of the dam which is a square notch weir. They already know how wide the crest is. The other type of weir is a V-notch which will do the same thing.

[@rhodysweet]

Looks exactly like the type of place my wife and I would love to visit. Thanks for the tour guys! Dave in RI

[@beverlymurray6554]

That was great!

[@shaneroper5470]

Beautiful spot!

[@John-hw3ds]

I love see this stuff also. Also, that spring has been flowing like that, most likely hundreds of thousands if not millions of years.

[@RobertKohut]

Nice!!

[@johnferguson2728]

Nice!

[@timothyspatharos3755]

Great job !! Enjoyed the video.

[@glennmosley2545]

Been there at least seven times when we leave South Mississippi going to South Dakota or Springfield we usually make it a point to stop there and have a picnic also love the little town of Hardy decided to go to Eureka Springs this summer and going back in October.

[@teedawg2112]

Digging the ride along, thanks so much. Travel safe

[@nashguy207]

Thanks for sharing. I agree looks like a beautiful state park!

[@jeremybrown7475]

Cool looking place

[@donaldshulman6771]

I am enjoying your vacation.

[@andycropley5486]

Awesome ! Thanks for sharing while many of us are still “stuck” at home. Your weather looks fantastic too. Hope you and the wife continue to have great weather and find more interesting places to explore and share

[@carmenp1976]

You are headed to Springfield…. Our son lives there and Ozark has amazing antique malls. We have shopped there many times! Enjoy…. Springfield has quite a few also they are just spread out throughout the town.

[@toneault7499]

that was absolutely fan flaming tastic thanks for that .. tone uk

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

10/10 from me too.

[@kevinthomas895]

They need to contact a company named Turbulent hydro about getting that old power plant running. They make a small hydro power unit that might work on your new property.

[@garygentry583]

Was just there! It's amazing! Fred's fish house is a must stop!

[@jflynn1996]

Haven't watched your channel in a while, then I get the hankering to see what you've been up to you and you're at my hometown?! I spent a good chunk of my childhood at that park, so I forget how cool that place really is.

[@teambigv]

Great vid! I've been there like 15 times it's a beautiful state park. But never made it to the hatchery. The building/Museum is impressive

[@csnelling4]

That looked a lovely place guys , thanks for video 👏👏👏👏👍🇬🇧😎😎🍺🍺

[@michaelday1192]

Very nice love Dams. A did you know! That every lake in New Jersey is man made, you can tell because there is a dam at each one, and at one time most had a mill for grinding corn, electricity or just water power for equipment.

[@phillisjoy9379]

If you are in the area I would also recommend Heber Spings, AR. It reminds me of Mammoth Springs. We also like Chicot State Park near Lake Village AR.

[@georgeescaped6035]

nice dam pictures.. looks like a great time to visit not a lot of other people,, thanks for the dam tour !

[@regenaguinn]

We’ve been there often and it always is as clean and beautiful as you found it! I did not know about the fish aquariums/hatchery and will definitely check it out. R.

[@philparker1666]

Loving the films of your trip, need to find me an English Abby to make me happy again 🇬🇧🇺🇲❤️

[@jukeman57]

Been there. Beautiful park. Lots of things to see. I hope you hiked to the backside of the spring pond and saw the huge whole where the water actually come of out of the earth.

[@Almightyrastus]

Loving that little power house. That sort of stuff is my thing, having studied electrical machines and renewable energy as part of my degree final year. Really hope that they can get it all working again, that would be awesome.

[@thunderstruck1078]

These mics are awesome. Such a clear voice while you two were standing on top of the waterfall.

[@mannys9130]

Yep, one of the best upgrades for this channel they could have possibly done. Hearing Abby across the dam was cool. :) The mics gave them headaches at first but it looks like they got the kinks worked out by now.

[@Grimlock1973]

LOVE IT! My wife and I have a 6 yr old daughter and she just started 1st grade so no travelling for us right now unfortunately🥴. Living vicariously through your vids so keep them coming💯🤝!!

[@douglasfischer9490]

This is the first video I watched since getting internet back from hurricane IDA

[@jacksak]

I forgot to mention that maintaining the dam spillway must be amazing with all that water rushing over the rock. I wonder if there's a way to divert the flow.

[@bernardwill7196]

Nice landscape. I am from germany, greetings.

[@mannys9130]

I'd love to visit the Ardennes Forest, Lake Constance, Remagen, Leipzig, Nuüremberg, Berlin, Stuttgart, the Ruhr area, and the Bavaria area in my lifetime. The only thing that intimidates me is my lack of German language. It feels wrong to assume everyone would be willing to communicate with me in English, although I hear it's very commonly taught in school and spoken. I will walk on German soil before I die, for sure. A beautiful country full of great people.

[@deniseshafer7351]

We really enjoy everything you both do.. Cooking is the bom! Camping place's are amazing! The way you explain your set up is awesome, we have learned so much. Just started watching like a month ago but we went back to watch all of them. We so love the big haul last year! We done the same thing in Colorado. You two remind us of ourselves, we just don't have the camper yet.. working on that. We live outside Hot Springs, AR. If you get a chance when coming through Hot Springs/ Mnt.Ida A camp ground called Charlton you might want to check out. Also Cossatot Reef (not Cossatot falls) it is northern Arkansas is also another beautiful place in Ar. Thanks, we really enjoy watching and learning.

[@tonynagy2042]

Adam... you took the word's right outta my mouth...."How cool is that"..... Water has the most potential....cool clear water...Only substance that cannot be compressed....Thats a mini power plant waiting for start up.... I'ma semi retired power engineer... gives me the fizz LOL....Hahaaaa

[@davesherwin7321]

Was just there a few days ago . Water at 52 degrees . Sorry to say there’s a sign that tells you water looks blue and clear but in reality it’s polluted with high nitrogen? I’m guessing from fertilizer and not safe to drink . Actually only fish that survives in the springs is grass pike . Very scenic place for sure .

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

Actually "tires" were found on steam engines, diesel locomotives don't use them, the screaming comes from the flange of the wheels and there are devices that lube them in some curves, primarily in populated areas

[@royreynolds108]

Flange oilers or greasers pump a small dab of 14% graphite grease from a trackside tank through hoses to wipers on the side of the rails for the flanges to pick up and carry along the track to lubricate the flanges on the rails as each wheel pushes a small treadle as it goes over the block. These oilers are placed just ahead of sharp curves to reduce rail wear and not just to reduce the noise of the flanges.

[@Petrochemtester]

I'm shocked there are no other tourists!

[@TheQwik512]

You should go back through there and go see the other half of the fish hatchery at Dam site 3. You should have also put your hand in the spring water to feel just how cold it is even in the summer heat.

[@royreynolds108]

The water temperature of most springs in the Ozarks is about 60* all year round. The water comes out of limestone formations.

[@richardcox7939]

9.5m US gal/hour is 10tonne/sec. Assuming a 2m drop and 85% efficiency (lower end of the range for hydro) that is potential output of 166kW. Which would seem to be worth some investment. Staying in character with the existing site, and allowing enough water to go over the damn would make things less effective..

[@arizonabusinessleague918]

Yup, literally a top resource on the entire planet, and they're letting it go to pure waste. It's literally mind-blowing how it's not being harnessed with guaranteed, clean, reliable, automatic energy.

[@porkpie2884]

5:35 We're going to use a patronising warning sign to tell you we're not putting up patronising warning signs.

[@David-lb4te]

I think this is a weir, not a dam. They provide similar functions, but a weir is a level controller that permits water to flow over the top.

[@AbomAdventures]

The state calls it a dam. People call it a dam because that's what we know them as.

[@johnthopper]

That’s a neat place Next time you go to Chattanooga TN check out Raccoon Mountain pumped station reservoir it’s like a big hydro-battery. Also check out Burgess falls state park in Sparta, TN

[@TheQwik512]

Agree, Raccoon mountain is an engineering masterpiece.

[@mannys9130]

When my physics teacher first described the concept of a hydroelectric "battery" station my mind was blown. Genius! Excess power overnight, so use that to pump water uphill and give it potential energy, then during the day with all the AC units and machinery and computers up and sucking power, dump the water downhill to get some of that power back out of the system and boost the grid at peak times. It's an awesome concept.

[@casycasy5199]

i love the rating thing ,please do that all the time.the place looks great my biggest question would be when was the mill made and how did they make that dam with all that water flow.

[@AbomAdventures]

A lot of that info is there at the park to learn from. I can't recall when the mill was built but it was in the late 1800's.

[@joeylawn36111]

Adam and Abby decided to go see the fish hatchery just for the halibut....

[@georgeescaped6035]

then went over to see the dam bridge

[@daviddavis703]

... and almost lobster but then he flounder.

[@mannys9130]

Ba-dum tiss. 😁

[@waynespyker5731]

The train squeal were wheels rounding a curve, not the brakes. On straight track would reduce the flange squeal. Brakes will also squeal if they are slowing, this one wasn't!

[@imac1960]

did you get a Mammoth Spring State Park sticker for the RV

[@jrneff9773]

better than the bass pro shop

[@johnnyhawk329]

I bet that is pure drinkable water since it comes from a spring.

[@jrneff9773]

is that a westinghouse unit ???

[@assassinlexx1993]

I wonder where all water comes from that feeds the spring.

[@AbomAdventures]

It's all info you can learn tab the park.

[@dannygoin6552]

🖐🖐🖐👀

[@777anarchist]

Anyone knows the output rating of that generator? It looks quite beefy.

[@Fairchildflyer]

Lady bugs. =. dutch elm decease or why we do not have the Elm trees

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

I envy you

[@David-lb4te]

16:12 Do you guys ever disagree about anything :-)

[@Acelevi999]

Lol 🎉

[@Sharklops]

Did they have stamps for your passport there? edit: never mind, just realized that's probably a national park thing

[@AbomAdventures]

Yes they have stamps there. We forgot the book in the camper so we got a piece of paper stamped Abby will add to our passport book.

[@georgeescaped6035]

thats a lot of dam water

[@ricdenali4213]

👍

[@jasonfoster9118]

It kind of sucks that it's dammed up.

[@joopterwijn]

9.5 Million gallons per hour,… whooooo,… a Olympic swimming pool hold about 660,000 gallons, so more than 14 pool refills per hour!

[@Garth2011]

I am amazed by hydro power generation yet find it very odd that so many of them are disabled or taken out of service/operation. Our country is looking for all the power it can yet I'm seeing so many power plants in hydro, nuclear and natural gas either eliminated from service or limited. It makes sense if they are trying to make it seem like we have a lack of power to raise power prices but in the end, we are short of power for political reasons, not because the resources aren't there. They are playing with society vs. improving it.

[@mannys9130]

Good question. 🤔 I'll hazard a guess and say that it's in need of major repair or refurb to actually be an efficient producer of power, and a much newer and larger generation plant was built nearby which was designed to take on the load that was created when this one was decommissioned. That's my guess. Cost prohibitive to keep it turning, and newer plants can handle the slack no problem.

[@Garth2011]

@@mannys9130 No hazard here TN. Likely there are fair reasons however, not in CA. CA politicians are reversing power production in exchange for higher rates and false claims that the state will turn into a wasteland if they don't eliminate nuclear and natural gas fired power plants. Nuclear is the most green method of all yet they're afraid of it and have plans to decommission the last one in the near future, Diablo. Hydro is the next best however, I don't see much information about them being improved or remodeled etc. CA is run by misfits and thick of payola.

[@royreynolds108]

Back in 1985, I was an inspector on a bridge replacement project and the dam on the stream the bridge crossed was in a nearby small town. There was a powerhouse at the dam and the machinery had just been revamped or replaced to make power again after Consumers Power had decommissioned the equipment years before that. This could be done here at this location. This is a low head turbine as the water falls only about 15 to 20 feet(head is the vertical distance water falls).

[@jrneff9773]

that train lost it cobush cant spell it