With a population just under 2,900, Mountain View offers a small town atmosphere along with a competitive business climate. The population of Stone County is approaching 20,000.
Nestled in the Ozarks with misty blue mountains rising round about, the town of Mountain View, Arkansas, holds a rustic beauty for every day in the season. Clean air and clear streams, streaked limestone bluffs dropping into deeply etched valleys, and hardwood forests teeming with wildlife provide the rugged setting for life in Stone County.
The Blanchard Springs Recreation Area offers a rich outdoor experience. You can stroll a paved trail to where Blanchard Springs gushes as a waterfall from the hillside. Swim in the clear waters of North Sylamore Creek. Hike into the Ozark woods for an hour or a weekend. Try your luck catching the rainbow trout from Mirror Lake. Horseback riding, boating and lots of other outdoor activities are enjoyed in the area. The White River offers world-class rainbow & brown trout fishing!
Blanchard Springs offers one of the most spectacular and carefully developed caves anywhere. It is a "living" cave where glistening speleothems, like stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and flowstone, are yet changing.
Stone County Medical Center is the first choice in health care services for residents of Stone County and the surrounding region. The hospital includes a heliport. There is a paramedic ambulance service and other excellent emergency facilities.
Mountain View and Stone County are home to some of the nation's most traditional and colorful festivals. These include the Arkansas Folk Festival in April, Old Time Gathering On The Square in June, Annual Bean Fest & Great Arkansas Outhouse Race in October, Thanksgiving In The Ozarks and Ozark Christmas.
The Ozark Folk Center is helping to continue that remarkable heritage through careful documentation of Ozark lifeways, with apprentice and workshop programs in which the skills of the Ozark people are passed to a new generation, and through presentation of the Ozark crafts and music through craft demonstrations and music shows on the Folk Center grounds. This Arkansas State Park shares the story of the Ozark way of life which bred an independent, religious, joyful people who survived the hardships of pioneer days by their native wit and wisdom.