Area
Information
Outdoor Recreation - Mountain
Home offers numerous recreational opportunities, on and off
the waters: Boating, skiing, scuba-diving, fishing on two
gigantic lakes - Bull Shoals and Norfork - with more than
1,000 miles of shoreline at normal levels. Float and fish
famous area trout streams and rivers - White, North Fork,
the Buffalo, nearby Crooked Creek and more. River and lake
fishing are open year-round; regulated seasonal spear fishing
on the lakes, too!
Parks - Four city parks
with a senior center, youth center, swimming pool, tennis
courts, baseball and softball fields, paved walking/running/bicycling
trails, fitness stations, sand volleyball court, soccer fields,
horseshoe pits, and a historical area with pioneer buildings.
Social Activities - Meet
your friends and make new ones at more than 125 clubs and
organizations reflecting many interests such as performing
music and drama, visual arts, crafts, gardening, hobbies,
volunteering, fishing, hunting, veterans, fraternal, civic,
charitable, and religious groups.
(Photo provided courtesy of
Big
Creek Golf & Country Club.) |
Golfing
Three 18-hole golf courses - two in Mountain Home itself
- meet the needs of resident and visiting golfers.
One of the courses has a sought-after rating of
(five) stars from Golf Digest's Places to Play
(2005).
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Keep the Faith - Worship
as you choose at one of more than 80 area churches.
School Days - The Mountain
Home public school system is fully state accredited as well
as nationally accredited by the North Central Association,
and competes in 5-A East athletics.
Population
Mountain Home Population: 11,012 (2000)
Baxter County Population: 39,827 (2004)
Climate - Enjoy the four
seasons of the year in sunny comfort - no extremes in heat
or cold. One snowfall per year is usual. Normal annual rainfall
is 50 inches. (See chart
below)
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Arkansas
State University Mountain Home
The impressive campus of Arkansas State University Mountain
Home, at 1600 S. College St., enrolls more than 1,300
students earning ASUMH associate degrees in over 10 fields,
technical or proficiency certificates, and ASU bachelor's,
master's and specialist degree programs on-campus. |
Join Us - Mountain Home
- a great place to relocate or retire:
- Affordable housing of all types - lake,
river, mountain, town - in all price ranges
- Low property taxes (compared to most
states)
- Secure, low-crime area
- Excellent medical facilities
- Long-term care facilities of all types
- Almost 100 restaurants
- 11 movie theaters
- Numerous national stores among 1,100
businesses and industries
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Health
Care
Big city health care in a small city defines Baxter
Regional Medical Center, a 276-bed local, nonprofit
hospital with more than 100 physicians. The medical community
serves 14 surrounding counties in a two-state region. |
Mountain Home Climate
| Average Daily Temperature (in
degrees Fahrenheit) |
| Month |
(2005)
|
(Norm)
|
| Jan. |
41
|
34
|
| Feb. |
45
|
39
|
| Mar. |
48
|
48
|
| April |
59
|
57
|
| May |
66
|
66
|
| June |
76
|
74
|
| July |
79
|
79
|
| Aug. |
81
|
78
|
| Sept. |
75
|
70
|
| Oct. |
60
|
60
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| Nov. |
51
|
47
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| Dec. |
38
|
40
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| Average Monthly
Rainfall and Number of Clear Days |
| Month |
Rain
(in inches, 2005)
|
(Norm)
|
Clear
Days
|
| Jan. |
3.61
|
3.0
|
13
|
| Feb. |
1.41
|
3.0
|
10
|
| Mar. |
1.66
|
4.5
|
20
|
| April |
4.26
|
4.0
|
16
|
| May |
1.34
|
5.0
|
27
|
| June |
3.78
|
4.0
|
28
|
| July |
1.47
|
3.0
|
29
|
| Aug. |
2.85
|
3.0
|
26
|
| Sept. |
4.33
|
4.3
|
23
|
| Oct. |
1.26
|
3.0
|
22
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| Nov. |
2.86
|
5.0
|
20
|
| Dec. |
.13
|
4.0
|
18
|
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