Recreation

The Mountain Home area’s two lakes, three rivers, three golf courses, parks and numerous recreation areas include:

• Lake Norfork - boating, fishing
  
• Bull Shoals Lake - boating, scuba, fishing
  
• White River - trout fishing
  
• North Fork River - trout fishing
  
• Buffalo River - small-mouth bass fishing
  
• Bull Shoals-White River State Park
  
• Buffalo National River Park - canoeing, camping
  
• Big Creek Golf & Country Club
  
• Rivercliff Golf Course
  
• Twin Lakes Golf Course
  
• City park with youth center & senior citizens center, tennis courts, swimming pool, baseball & softball fields
  
• Soccer fields, nature walking trails, bird sanctuary, horseshoes, outdoor basketball goals, etc.

Trade Center

Some of the national businesses located in Mountain Home are:

• Wal-Mart Supercenter
  
• Home Depot
  
• Lowe’s
  
• Staples
  
• Gannett Newspaper
  
• Arby’s, Subway, Chili’s, Popeye’s, On the Run, El Chico Cafe', A&W, Ramada, Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, Comfort Inn
• Many more

Climate

At an elevation of approximately 800 feet, latitude 36.34 N and longitude 92.38 W, the climate of Mountain Home and the Twin Lakes area is mild and temperate, consisting of all four seasons.

Retirement

Mountain Home has been featured in numerous retirement publications in the last several years, such as Retirement Places Rated, America’s 100 Best Places to Retire, and Where to Retire magazines as well as articles in the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers.

The annual property taxes are approximately $839 on a median priced home in Mountain Home valued at $119,900; sales taxes (state, county, and city) total 8.25%. For more information, contact the Baxter County Assessor’s office at 870-425-3453, or visit www.baxtercounty.org.

The medical community has more than 100 physicians; a 268-bed tertiary care hospital, Baxter Regional Medical Center, with six centers of excellence: cancer, cardiac, digestive diseases, surgery, vascular, and women’s health. Subsidiaries of the hospital include: Hospice of the Ozarks, Home Health, Imaging Center, and clinics for rheumatology, pulmonology, orthopedics, and urology. Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation accepts gifts to the hospital and does fund-raising for specific needs. For more information, contact Baxter Regional Medical Center at 870-508-1000 or visit www.baxterregional.org.