The 103-acre (42 ha) state park features a clear blue, natural underground spring that pumps 3,600 US gal (14,000 L) of water per minute into two concrete-ringed swimming pools.

[3] Harrison's Hotel, built in 1890, was among the first efforts to turn the village of Blue Springs into a health spa.

Whigham began work on the Blue Springs Hotel, which eventually featured 28 rooms and modern bathhouse.

The area became a popular spot for political rallies, three-day horse-trading events, and annual reunions of Confederate soldiers.

[5][6] At the entrance to the park is a stone monument dedicated to Dr. James Daniel McLaughlin (1880-1953), a medical doctor who attended Atlanta College for Physicians and Surgeons and the medical extension program of the University of Alabama in Mobile.