Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent
Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent
Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent
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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).

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)

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
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
Nov.
51
47
Dec.
38
40
 
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
Nov.
2.86
5.0
20
Dec.
.13
4.0
18

 

Danny Porter - CENTURY 21 LeMac Realty Agent
Hwy 62 E • Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653
Toll Free: 866-377-7220 • Phone: 870-425-6356 • Cell Phone: 870-421-7978
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