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    Welcome to Mountain Home, a small Kerr County ranching community in the Texas Hill Country, home of the famed Y.O. Ranch and a cluster of rural camps and research stations.

    Mountain Home is a small unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, set in the northwestern part of the county in the Texas Hill Country. Ranching has always been the community's principal business, and the surrounding land is blanketed with working ranches that give the area its economic and social character. The community was briefly known as Eura in the early 20th century before taking its present name. Mountain Home is best known as the location of the Y.O. Ranch, an authentic 19th-century working ranch that houses a variety of exotic animals and draws visitors from across the country. The community is also home to a cluster of rural institutions, including the Texas Catholic Boys Camp, established by the Society of Mary in 1951; the Texas Fisheries Research Station; and the Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting. Mountain Home's population has always been small — about 150 residents in 1946, and roughly 60 people within a one-mile radius of the post office by the 1980s, with that post office serving some 350 area families. The community has long included a store, a motel, and a church, serving the ranches and camps scattered across the surrounding Hill Country. The community's unincorporated status and its setting among the hills, creeks, and ranchlands of Kerr County keep it a quiet, spread-out place. Life here revolves around ranching, hunting, summer camps, and the outdoors, with residents drawing on nearby towns such as Kerrville and Hunt for schools, shopping, and services. The Hill Country's scenic terrain — its limestone hills, springs, and wildlife — frames Mountain Home's identity, and the area's long ranching tradition continues to shape how the land is used and how the community lives.

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    1355 SW Caracara Avenue
    $1,086
    48855939
    For Rent
    1355 SW Caracara Avenue Mountain Home, ID 83647
    2 Beds bathtub 1 Baths
    1351 SW Caracara Ave
    $968
    35928045
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    1351 SW Caracara Ave Mountain Home, ID 83647
    2 Beds bathtub 1 Baths
    3681 K2 Road
    $5,199,000
    33478067
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    3681 K2 Road Mountain Home, TX 78058
    4 Beds bathtub 2 Baths

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    1355 SW Caracara Avenue
    $1,086
    48855939
    For Rent
    1355 SW Caracara Avenue Mountain Home, ID 83647
    2 Beds bathtub 1 Baths
    1351 SW Caracara Ave
    $968
    35928045
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    1351 SW Caracara Ave Mountain Home, ID 83647
    2 Beds bathtub 1 Baths

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    190 Pvt Rd 3019 NW
    $899,000
    21370562
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    190 Pvt Rd 3019 NW Mountain Home, TX 76849

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    State Highway 83
    $112,000
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    State Highway 83 Mountain Home, TX 78058
    3691 K2 Road
    $5,299,000
    92985660
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    3691 K2 Road Mountain Home, TX 78058

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    square_foot Price per Sq Ft $384
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    percent Sale-to-List Ratio 100.0%
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    1355 SW Caracara Avenue For Rent
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    1355 SW Caracara AvenueMountain Home, ID 83647
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    • Built 2024
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    $5,199,000
    3681 K2 RoadMountain Home, TX 78058
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    • 2 ba
    • Built 2012
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    About Mountain Home

    Real Estate & Housing

    Housing in Mountain Home consists almost entirely of ranch properties and scattered homesites on large acreage across the Hill Country. There are no formal subdivisions; instead, the community's homes sit among working ranches, hunting tracts, and open rangeland. The setting produces an extremely low-density, rural pattern, with properties valued for their land, water, and wildlife as much as for any structure.

    Neighborhoods

    Mountain Home has no formal neighborhoods; the community gathers around the post office, store, motel, and church near the road junction, then spreads across miles of ranchland. The Y.O. Ranch, the camps, and the research station are the area's principal institutions, scattered across the countryside. The community's geography is defined by the ranches and hills of northwestern Kerr County rather than by residential streets.

    Lifestyle in Mountain Home

    Life in Mountain Home centers on ranching, hunting, and the outdoors. The Y.O. Ranch brings visitors drawn to its exotic game and western heritage, while the summer camps and the Cowboy Camp Meeting mark the community's seasonal rhythms. Residents value the quiet, wide-open setting and the ranching way of life, drawing on nearby Kerrville, Hunt, and Ingram for schools, shopping, and services.

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    Mountain Home sits along Texas Highway 27 in northwestern Kerr County, connecting it to nearby Hunt and Ingram and on to Kerrville, the county seat, and the larger Hill Country highway network. The community's rural roads wind through ranch country, and its position in the Hill Country places it within reach of the recreational areas around the Guadalupe River and the region's state parks.

    Parks & Recreation

    Recreation in Mountain Home is tied to the land: hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and ranch life dominate. The Y.O. Ranch's exotic game and working-ranch heritage are a regional draw, and the Texas Catholic Boys Camp and Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting bring seasonal activity. The surrounding Hill Country offers creek access, wildlife viewing, and scenic drives through northwestern Kerr County.

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    Where is Mountain Home, Texas?

    Mountain Home is a small unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, in the northwestern part of the county in the Texas Hill Country. It sits west of Kerrville along Texas Highway 27.

    What is Mountain Home known for?

    Mountain Home is known for the Y.O. Ranch, a historic working ranch that houses exotic animals and draws visitors nationwide. The community also hosts the Texas Catholic Boys Camp, a fisheries research station, and the Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting.

    What is the Y.O. Ranch?

    The Y.O. Ranch is an authentic 19th-century working ranch near Mountain Home that keeps a variety of exotic animals and preserves the western ranching heritage of the Texas Hill Country. It is a regional visitor attraction.

    How big is Mountain Home?

    Mountain Home is very small, with roughly 60 residents near the post office by the 1980s, though that post office serves hundreds of surrounding ranch families across the wide-open northwestern corner of Kerr County.

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