Calico Rock is located halfway between Mountain View and Mountain Home.  Ozark culture and outdoor opportunities are easy to find.  You can canoe the White River or hike in the Ozarks National Forest.

Trout fishing.  Located on the White River, Calico Rock hosts 3 commercial boat docks, two of which are within walking distance of the hotel.  Here you can buy fishing licenses, book a guided trip, or rent a boat for fishing or sightseeing.  The White River is stocked with rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout, and is considered by some to be the South's premier trout fishing stream.    <Bill Terry website>    <Jenkins website>      <Lindsey Trout Dock>

Historic Downtown Calico Rock.  Visit Erma's for vintage clothes and tools.  Don Quixote's Calico Kitchen offers fine food.  The Clinkingbeards have operated the Family Shoe and Dry Goods for 60 years, while Gwen's houses treasures waiting to be found among the antique booths.  The White River Cafe and Leatherwoods Restaurant offer friendly service and down-home food.  Just opened in May of 2007, the Calico Rock Music Hall hosts area musicians on Fridays and Sundays in the converted Methodist Church, also built in 1923.    <Calico Rock website>    <Don Quixote's website>    <Calico Rock Music Hall website>

Ozark Music in Mountain View.  Mountain View, about 25 miles south, hosts area and visiting musicians on the square every Friday and Saturday night.  Musically inclined visitors can sit in on one of the informal groups, while the rest of us just enjoy the live music.    <Mountain View website>

Blanchard Springs Caverns.  Blanchard Springs Caverns, also about 25 miles south, is operated by the National Forest Service and offers year-round tours of a spectacular cave discovered in the 20th century.    <Blanchard Springs website>

Ozark Folk Center State Park.  Just outside of Mountain View, the Ozark Folk Center State Park offers live music, a blacksmith shop, a candle shop, a music shop, a great herb garden, and other working exhibits of area crafts and customs.    <Ozark Folk Center website>

Ozark National Forest and Leatherwoods Wilderness Area.  Just across the river, over 600 square miles of Ozark National Forest offer abundant hiking and camping opportunities.  We (Linda and Mark) will be glad to point out our favorite spots to visit. <Ozark National Forest website>

Buffalo National River.  Canoeing and rafting on the Buffalo National River is about an hour away.    <Buffalo National River website>