Bull Shoals Arkansas Map

About Bull Shoals, Arkansas

Bull Shoals is a locality in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,952. The population density is 153.7 people per km². Bull Shoals is located at 36.3736°N, 92.5915°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bull Shoals is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 72619.

Bull Shoals defines the rugged transition where the Ozark plateau fractures into deep, timbered limestone ravines. It lies 11.4 miles west-northwest of Mountain Home, AR (from Mountain Home, AR: bearing 287°T), and is situated 31.2 miles east-northeast of Harrison. Bull Shoals Lake stretches across the northern boundary, its fingers of water carving erratic, jagged inlets into the surrounding bedrock, while the incline of Bull Shoals Mountain rises as a silent, forested sentinel to the south. The landscape is dominated by dense hardwood stands that turn a bruised, rusted orange in the autumn, and the air here carries a persistent dampness that clings to the limestone bluffs. Beyond the immediate banks of the lake, the terrain levels out briefly toward the verdant, low-lying expanse of Trimble Flat, where the soil holds the heavy, dark promise of the river bottoms.

Bull Shoals emerged from the massive engineering labor required to dam the White River, an act that permanently altered the local topography and tethered the economy to the rhythms of the water. This history of industrial transformation lingers in the town, where the daily pace is dictated by the seasonal fluctuations of the reservoir and the quiet, steady flow of the White River nearby. Visitors often gravitate toward the Bull Shoals Recreation Area to witness the convergence of managed land and wild water, finding a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic output of larger centers. The economy remains tethered to this natural abundance, drawing those who appreciate the solitude of the woods and the slow, deliberate movement of life in a place where the horizon is measured in layers of blue-tinted ridges.

About This Bull Shoals Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.37357, -92.591504. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bull Shoals includes the ZIP code (72619), telephone area code (479), county seat of Marion County (Yellville), and school district assignment (Flippin School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.