Hotels in Mountain View, Arkansas

A little about Mountain View...

Mountain View is the county seat and largest city in Stone County, Arkansas. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,998.. Mountain View most likely derives its name from its location at the foot of a series of small mountains that lie south of town. Prior to the founding of Mountain View, the town of Riggsville existed immediately to the east. The citizens of Riggsville effectively moved their town west and reorganized it as Mountain View in the late 1800s.

Saturday nights would find locals at a “pickin’” in a neighbor’s house or yard. The custom continues today and once the weather gets warm, usually around April in time to ring in the town’s annual Folk Festival, musicians join locals and play music late into the night hours. The season is from Mid-April through late November. The Mt. View Folklore Society Music Hall on Franklin Street also provides music and dance every Saturday night from 7-9 p.m. October –April. Music is not only vital, it is the soul of the town and there is a determination to keep the tradition alive through programs such as the Music Roots Program, where via the local school system, area musicians teach young people to play the old tunes on traditional string instruments.

Once visitors get their fill of music, they can roam downtown, which hosts music stores, antique shops, and places to refuel such as at Tommy’s Famous Pizza, Kin Folks Bar-B-Q, or Dogwood Hollow Steakhouse, home of a mean Blackened Ribeye Steak. The state's largest craft cooperative, the Arkansas Crafts Guild, is also headquartered in the historic downtown area.

Visitors can also take in a bit of the flavor and culture of the area at the Ozark Folk Center, which has been coined as the nation’s only center that preserves Ozark heritage and presents it as living history. The town, located deep in the Ozarks is surrounded by mountains and rivers, offering outdoor activities that include caving at Blanchard Springs Caverns and fly fishing on the White River. The 50-mile Syllamo Mountain Bike Trail is also nearby, a trail recently designated by The International Mountain Biking Association as an "Epic Ride," a status only 37 trails across the nation currently hold. Outside Magazine recently listed the trail as one of the Top 20 Outdoor Destinations in the nation.