Where to park in steep, crowded downtown Eureka Springs — the free lot, the paid lots and how to pay by app, and the park-and-ride with the trolley in.
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Downtown Eureka Springs is steep, narrow and short on parking — about 600 spaces along the Main Street route, and they fill on busy weekends. The easiest answer is often to park at a $5 all-day lot at the edge and ride the $6 trolley in. Here's where to park, how to pay (by app — there are no coin meters), and who to call about a ticket.
Park free at the edges and walk in. No app, no payment.
North Main free city lot
On North Main Street, at Trolley Stop #73.
A free city lot on North Main — separate from the paid lot nearby. Look for the trolley stop.
Free, but often full on busy weekends. If it's taken, the park-and-ride lots are your best bet.
These lots have no meters. You pay by phone with Passport or ParkMobile — Download the Passport or ParkMobile app (or pay at passportparking.com / parkmobile.io) and enter the zone number posted on the sign where you parked. There are no coin meters.
How to pay — there are no meters
Download the Passport or ParkMobile app (or pay at passportparking.com / parkmobile.io) and enter the zone number posted on the sign where you parked. There are no coin meters.
Enter the zone number posted on the sign at the lot (shown below), then pay. Each lot has its own zone.
North Main paid lot
At the north end of Main Street.
Pay by app — enter the zone number posted on the sign.
Planer Hill Park & Ride
At the top of Planer Hill, at the north end of the Main Street parking route.
$5 all-day park-and-ride. Ride the Red Route trolley down into downtown.
Spring Street (on-street)
Along Spring Street, through the historic core below Basin Spring Park.
Metered on-street spaces through the historic downtown. Pay by app with the zone on the sign; watch for posted time limits.
Transit & Welcome Center park-and-ride
137 W. Van Buren (Hwy 62), west of downtown — just east of Bubba's Barbecue.
$5 all-day. The main park-and-ride: leave the car and ride the Red Route trolley into town. Phone (479) 253-9572.
Green pins are free. Red pins are paid. The dark marker is Basin Spring Park.
A couple of lots aren’t pinned on the map because we couldn’t confirm an exact location — they’re still listed above with directions.
Parking locations © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Because downtown parking is so tight, the town's real answer is the trolley. Park at a $5 all-day park-and-ride — the Transit & Welcome Center on W. Van Buren, or Planer Hill — and ride the Red Route loop through Main Street and Spring Street. An all-day trolley pass is $6 (ages 7–11 $2, one ride $4). The trolley runs March–November, with a reduced schedule in winter.
Got a citation? You can pay a parking ticket online at espaypark.com.
Pay in person: City Hall, 44 S. Main St, during office hours.
Source: Travel Eureka Springs & Greater Eureka Springs Chamber (Parking); Eureka Springs Transit, checked 1 July 2026 (today).