2,877 people · Fewer than 5,000 people · Stone County, AR
A Mountain View courthouse square inn stay, reserved for three weeknights
from $4703 weeknights, room for twofrom $235 per personA Mountain View courthouse square inn stay puts two people in a 1918 inn with a wraparound porch, right on the square where local musicians gather on evenings to play. The office reserves three weeknights at the inn and writes up a quote at no charge. You pay the inn directly when you stay, and the inn pays the office a commission after you check out.
Music and sandstone on Mountain View's square
Mountain View is the seat of Stone County, Arkansas, and the 2020 census counted 2,877 people in the city. Florissant, where our office sits, has 52,533, roughly eighteen times as many. At this size the town gathers around one square, with the Ozark hills close by.
The Stone County Courthouse anchors the square, a sandstone building from the 1920s. On evenings, local musicians gather around it to play acoustic folk music, and anyone passing can stop, sit and listen for as long as they like.
North and west of town the Ozark National Forest climbs into wooded hills. Sylamore Creek runs clear north of town on its way to the White River. A morning by the creek and an evening on the square make a full day here.
| People in the town, 2020 census | 2,877 |
|---|---|
| People in Florissant, 2020 census | 52,533 |
| Compared with the office's town | about 18 times fewer people than Florissant |
| Census place | Mountain View city, Arkansas |
| County | Stone County, Arkansas |
| Road from the office | 289 miles, about 6 h 12 min |
| Nights in the quote | 3 |
| Check-in and checkout | 4:00 PM / 11:00 AM |
A 1918 porch inn in Mountain View
The inn dates from 1918 and sits on the courthouse square, with a wraparound porch for sitting out in the evening. Check-in starts at 4:00 PM and checkout is at 11:00 AM, which leaves a slow last morning.
A full homemade breakfast comes with the room and is served at 8:30, so plan on sitting down together rather than grabbing something at the door. Parking is free at the inn, and the square where the music happens is right outside.
Pricing three porch nights in Mountain View
from $470
a room shared by two over 3 weeknights, so from $235 per person
We checked a public travel search page on 4 November 2026 for a Wednesday night in mid November, two guests in one room. The first room listed there, a queen room, came to $155 a night. Three weeknights at that rate, rounded up, gives from $470 for two people, or from $235 per person. Rates move by month and by room, so the written quote uses the inn's figure for your dates. Weekend nights run higher. Search pages like that one often fold an estimate of taxes into the nightly number, so this figure leans high; your quote separates the room rate from the taxes the desk will charge.
The inn charges the taxes at checkout. Arkansas sales tax here is 9.5%: 6.5% for the state, 2% for Mountain View and 1% for Stone County. On top of that comes the 2% Arkansas tourism tax, for about 11.5% in all. Whether the city adds a separate local lodging tax, the quote confirms.
Mountain View stay, room and nights
- The room for two for three weeknights at the inn's rate for that month
- A full homemade breakfast each morning at 8:30
- Free parking at the inn
- A written quote from the office at no charge
Mountain View costs beyond the room
- Arkansas sales tax and the 2 percent state tourism tax
- The inn's nonrefundable deposit and its cancellation terms, which the quote spells out
- Friday and Saturday nights and festival weekends
- Lunches, dinners and fuel for the drive
- Anything you buy in the shops around the square
Spring evenings to October on the square
April through June suits this stay well: the hills turn green and evenings are mild enough for long hours on the porch and the square. September and October bring cooler air and color in the hardwoods of the national forest.
July and August run hot and humid. From December to February the square goes quiet, so the office plans these stays from spring through fall.
Into the Arkansas hills by road
The road from our office in Florissant is 289 miles, about 6 h 12 min with no traffic and no stops. The route heads south and a little west, down through the Missouri Ozarks and into the hills of north central Arkansas. A morning start with one stop for lunch puts you at the inn close to the 4:00 PM check-in.
Weeknights for the courthouse square inn
Send us the weeknights you have in mind and how many are traveling. We check the inn's rate and room for those dates, confirm the current innkeeper and the deposit terms, and send a written quote with the taxes spelled out. When the dates suit you, we make the reservation and you pay the inn directly at your stay.