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2024 Map of Mountain Home East

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Mountain Home East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Mountain Home occupies the northwest corner of this Baxter County landscape, where the urban grid gives way to the finger-like inlets of Norfork Lake. The topography is defined by significant elevation changes, from the prominent Heart Bald and Birdsong Mtn down to the recessed corridor of Smith Hollow in the south. This terrain has historically influenced settlement patterns, concentrating development on the plateaus while leaving the steep drainages of Fall Creek and Panther Fork relatively undeveloped.

Genealogists and local historians will find a high density of burial sites scattered across the ridges, including Old Oakland Cem and East Oakland Cem near the town center, and the more secluded Douglas Cem and Heart Cem further south. The map documents the expanding footprints of Briarcliff and Salesville, illustrating how modern infrastructure like Buzzard Roost Rd and Co Rd 54 navigates the winding shoreline of the lake, which remains the dominant geographic feature of the eastern section.