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Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a 732-acre (296 ha) Arkansas state park in Baxter and Marion Counties, Arkansas in the United States.Containing one of the nation's best trout-fishing streams, the park entered the system in 1955 after the United States Army Corps of Engineers built Bull Shoals Dam on the White River. [1]
Bull Shoals Dam near Mountain Home, Arkansas was constructed from 1947 to 1951 at a cost of $86 million [12] and is the 5th largest concrete dam in the United States. [13] It confines Bull Shoals Lake, the largest [13] of the lakes on the White River and the most downstream.
Bull Shoals is located in northeastern Marion County and is bordered on three sides by Bull Shoals Lake, with the main channel of the lake, on the White River, to the southeast and northeast, and a long arm of the lake formed by the inlets of Jimmie Creek and Moccasin Creek on the northwest side of the city.
The Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a 725-acre (2.93 km 2) park in Baxter and Marion Counties of Arkansas both above and below the massive dam. Facilities, including camping, pavilions, dock and interpretive programs, stretch along the banks of the White River. Along the lakeshore, the park offers picnic sites and playgrounds.
Bull Shoals Dam impounds the White River, creating Bull Shoals Lake. It is also the location of Bull Shoals-White River State Park (park visitor center in bottom left corner). Reservoirs
2 Buffalo River State Park: removed 1974-05 (formerly 600-2; became a National River in 1972) 3 Baxter: Bull Shoals-White River State Park: added 1958-10; 4 Howard: Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area: added 2004-11; 4 Marion: Bull Shoals-White River State Park: added 1958-10 or 1959-05?, removed 1972-02 (removed from the state park in 1970)
Bull Shoals Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the White River in northern Arkansas in the United States. The dam lies on the border of Marion and Baxter Counties, and forms Bull Shoals Lake, which extends well northwest into Missouri. Its main purposes are hydroelectricity production and flood control.
Bull Shoals-White River: Baxter, Marion: 732 acres (296 ha) 1955: Bull Shoals Lake: Trout fishing destination above and below Bull Shoals Dam with over 100 campsites Cane Creek: Lincoln: 2,053 acres (831 ha) 1992: Cane Creek Lake: Wooded lake along Bayou Bartholomew including a hiking trail and camping Conway Cemetery: Lafayette: 11.5 acres (5 ...