Crashpads near Mountain Home AFB

From the city of Mountain Home it is about 12 miles and 15-20 minutes down Airbase Road (ID-67) to the Grand View Gate; from Boise it is roughly 50 miles and 50-60 minutes via I-84 east to Exit 90 and ID-67 south.

• Base housing (Balfour Beatty)

  ~5 min

  Sagebrush View, Desert Skies, and the other on-base neighborhoods put you a few minutes from work, the CDC, and Stephensen Elementary — the easy answer in a town with a thin rental market.

• Mountain Home (city)

  ~15-20 min

  A small ranching and railroad town of about 16,000 with new subdivisions on the north and east sides, the only Walmart for 50 miles, St. Luke's Elmore hospital, and three-bedroom rentals around $2,000 — the shortest commute you can get off base.

• Boise (southeast and Bench)

  ~50-60 min

  Idaho's capital with real restaurants, the Greenbelt, Boise State, and top-rated schools; a big share of officers and dual-income families make the 50-mile I-84 commute daily and consider it worth it.

• Kuna / South Meridian

  ~60-70 min

  Newer suburban neighborhoods with good Kuna and West Ada schools and slightly cheaper prices than Boise proper, but you add I-84 miles and a Kuna-Mora Road cross-country stretch to every drive.