When my wife and I arrived at the Hot Springs trailhead on Friday at 9:30 a.m., there was not a single legal space anywhere in the area.
Every space on Mountain Drive either had boulders placed in it or there were No Parking signs. There was even a stretch of hundreds of feet with yellow tape. I am quite sure these boulders and signs are illegally placed by local residents.
Even the tiny number of "legal" spaces right at the trailhead are not legal. Our hike took three hours. Those signs restrict parking to two hours.