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.)
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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
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| Feb. |
45
|
39
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| Mar. |
48
|
48
|
| April |
59
|
57
|
| May |
66
|
66
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| June |
76
|
74
|
| July |
79
|
79
|
| Aug. |
81
|
78
|
| Sept. |
75
|
70
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| 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
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| Aug. |
2.85
|
3.0
|
26
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| Sept. |
4.33
|
4.3
|
23
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| 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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