With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to explore everything that Mountain View, 18 miles away, has to offer. Ozark Folk Center State Park should be at the top of your list here. Blanchard Springs Caverns and Cash’s White River Theater are awesome attractions too. Locals are also likely to point you toward Batesville, 25 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Kennedy Park. (But we’re also huge fans of Course at Eagle Mountain and Old Independence Regional Museum.)