Lakeview Arkansas Map

About Lakeview, Arkansas

Lakeview is a locality in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 775. The population density is 287.7 people per km². Lakeview is located at 36.3739°N, 92.5387°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lakeview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 72342, 72369, 72834.

Lakeview occupies a limestone shelf that looks out across the expansive, glass-still surface of Bull Shoals Lake. It lies 9.2 miles west-northwest of Mountain Home, AR (from Mountain Home, AR: bearing 285°T), and is situated 32.7 miles east-northeast of Harrison. The terrain here settles into the quiet, level reach of Trimble Flat, a low-lying basin where the humidity of the afternoon clings to the dense stands of oak and hickory. To the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of Windgate Ridge forms a jagged line against the sky, grounding the horizon in ancient stone. The air holds a lingering dampness from the White River just a mile away, carrying the scent of wet shale and crushed cedar through the corridors of the forest. When the sun dips low, the light turns a bruised violet, catching the jagged limestone outcrops that break through the soil like the bleached ribs of the earth.

Lakeview grew from the rugged necessity of the mid-century dam projects, shifting the character of the region from isolated timber patches to a deliberate center for water-borne recreation. The economy revolves around the quiet industry of the Bull Shoals Recreation Area, where the rhythm of the days is marked by the shifting water levels and the steady arrival of visitors drawn to the limestone bluffs. This is a place where the work of the hands—maintaining boats, guiding lines on the water, and managing the timber—dictates the pace of life more than the ticking of a clock. The social fabric of Lakeview remains tied to the stillness of the lake, a vast, man-made presence that has, over time, become as essential to the local identity as the bedrock itself.

About This Lakeview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeview, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.373907, -92.538735. 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 Lakeview includes the ZIP code (72342, 72369, 72834), telephone area code (479), county seat of Baxter County (Mountain Home), and school district assignment (Mountain Home 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.