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Bull Creek Missouri Map

Explore Bull Creek, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bull Creek, Missouri

How to Use This Bull Creek, Missouri Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bull Creek, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bull Creek.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityBull Creek
StateMissouri (MO)
CountyTaney County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.715061
Longitude-93.203514
Population426
Density979.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code65616
Area Code417
County SeatForsyth
School DistrictBranson R-IV School District

About Bull Creek, Missouri

Bull Creek is a locality in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 426. The population density is 979.0 people per km². Bull Creek is located at 36.7151°N, 93.2035°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bull Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65616.

Bull Creek winds through a landscape of stubborn limestone bluffs and dense, tangled hardwoods that define the rugged character of the Ozark transition. It lies 5.0 miles north of Branson, MO (from Branson, MO: bearing 10°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north of Hollister. The terrain rises in sharp, flint-strewn ridges, where the soil is thin and the shadows of the Snapp Balds stretch long and violet across the horizon as the afternoon wanes. Within this terrain, the water of the creek moves with a low, persistent murmur, carving deeper into the earth toward the nearby basin of Gettman Hollow. The air here holds the scent of damp moss and decaying leaves, a heavy, earthy perfume that clings to the valley floor long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged canopy.

Bull Creek Park serves as a quiet anchor for the region, offering a public threshold to the wilderness that borders the more developed reaches of Lake Taneycomo. While the local economy has long been tethered to the slow pulse of timber and the seasonal shifts of the land, the presence of the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area provides a sanctuary for the native flora that once blanketed these hills. Life in Bull Creek moves with the deliberate, unforced cadence of a place that has learned to accommodate the seasons rather than conquer them. The remnants of early homesteads, hidden by the relentless encroachment of cedar and oak, serve as quiet reminders of a time when the rhythm of the day was dictated solely by the rise of the sun and the flow of the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bull Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 171° S
  • Boston Ferry Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 179° S
  • Lewis Memorial Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 083° E
  • Branson Forestry Office (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 208° SW
  • Branson Recplex (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 223° SW
  • Yakov's Theatre (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 197° S
  • Sight & Sound Theatres (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 223° SW
  • Branson Meadows Cinemas 11 (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 217° SW
  • Branson Ghosts & Legends (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 190° S
  • Historic Owen Theatre (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 189° S
  • Bull Shoals Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 121° SE
  • Bull Shoals Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 125° SE
  • Lakeside Forest Wildnerness Area (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 200° S
  • Celebrity Car Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 206° SW
  • Grand Country Fun Spot (Theme Park) — 5.7 mi, 210° SW
  • Grand Country Resort (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 210° SW
  • Ride The Ducks (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 213° SW
  • Elite Cinema III (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 228° SW
  • World's Largest Toy Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 224° SW
  • Castle of Chaos & Hannah's Maze of Mirrors (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Hollywood Wax Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 7.2 mi, 018° N · 1.5M acres
  • The Runaway Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 216° SW
  • Table Rock State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 212° SW
  • Hercules-Glades Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.4 mi, 095° E · 12k acres
  • Ruins - Log Cabin / Barn (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 091° E
  • Ruined Building (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 092° E
  • Piney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.8 mi, 266° W · 8,184 acres
  • Ozark Medieval Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.9 mi, 158° S
  • City of Ozark Community Building (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 360° N

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About This Bull Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bull Creek, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.715061, -93.203514. 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 Creek includes the ZIP code (65616), telephone area code (417), county seat of Taney County (Forsyth), and school district assignment (Branson R-IV School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.