Mountain View, AR Tourist Attractions
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Located in the Ozark Mountains, Mountain View offers a wide range of outdoor recreational activities, including hiking, boating, fishing, and swimming. The town is also known for its annual festivals and events which run from early spring to late fall.
Blanchard Springs Caverns
Two tours are offered through the Blanchard Springs caverns. The dripstone Trail is a 0.4mi tour through the upper level of the cave. The Discover Trail takes visitors on a 1.2mi. 90 minute tour of the middle level of the cavern. It is more challenging and it is not recommended for people with limited mobility or respiratory problems.
Old Mill
The Old Mill is a restored 1914 gristmill powered by the original kerosene motor. Antique equipment and old photographs are also on display.
Ozark Folk Center
The Ozark Folk Center focuses on the arts and history of the people of the Ozark Mountain region. Craft demonstrations and musical concerts are presented regularly.
Surroundings
There are several interesting towns and natural attractions in the Mountain View surrounding area.
Batesville
Batesville is located in north-central Arkansas, on the White River. Batesville is the second oldest city in Arkansas and was originally called Napoleon and then Poke Creek, then Batesville.Recreational activities include golf, racing, softball, water activities, fishing, hunting and tennis.
Mark Martin Museum
The Mark Martin Museum is a state of the art facility featuring several of Martin's past cars. Some of the vehicles on display are the No. 6 Viagra Coca-Cola 600 win car, the '90 Folgers Thunderbird, the No. 60 Win Dixie Busch car, the 2005 IROC car that Mark Martin used to win his record fifth championship, and the '89 Stroh's Thunderbird.The Mark Martin Museum has several helmets and historic firesuits as well as other memorabilia.
Old Independence Regional Museum
The Old Independence Regional Museum focuses on the history of 12 counties; Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White, and Woodruff, which once comprised Independence County. The museum is housed in a restored 1936 building listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings.
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Fairfield Bay
Fairfield Bay is north of Little Rock in the Ozark Mountains. Mountain scenery and a variety of outdoor activities are found on the shores of Greers Ferry Lake.
Arteban House & Gardens
Arteban House & Gardens was established in 1998. The grounds include a quarter mile walking path, a pond, stream, and waterfall, the pergola, private meditation areas, planting beds, a natural amphitheater by the lake a small chapel, and a labyrinth.Arteban House was designed by renowned architect and Arkansas native E. Fay Jones and completed in 1986.
Log Cabin Museum
The Log Cabin Museum was dismantled and reconstructed at its present location near Fairfield Bay. Exhibits depict the lifestyle and accommodations of the early pioneers. Outside the museum is a wood carved totem pole and nearby is the Indian Rock Cave.
