Pontiac Missouri Map

About Pontiac, Missouri

Pontiac is a locality in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 123. The population density is 19.0 people per km². Pontiac is located at 36.5156°N, 92.6038°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65729.

Pontiac holds a quiet posture amidst the rugged, limestone-ribbed terrain of the southern Missouri landscape. It lies 35.2 miles east-southeast of Branson, MO (from Branson, MO: bearing 104°T), and is situated 17.4 miles northwest of Mountain Home. The earth here rises in steady, shaded swells toward the distant silhouette of Long Mountain, creating a horizon that feels both expansive and protective. Beneath the canopy of oak and hickory, the land dips into the quiet seclusion of Coilep Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, damp weight even in the heat of midday. Water defines the edges of this geography, with the Little North Fork White River carving a serpentine path through the bedrock just a mile away, its current pulling steadily toward the vast, still expanse of Bull Shoals Lake.

Pontiac remains defined by the slow pulse of the Ozark seasons, where the economy is tethered to the land and the pull of the water. Visitors often find their way to the Bull Shoals Recreation Area, a place where the stillness of the woods meets the open recreation of the reservoir. Local life moves with the deliberate pace of those who watch the light change over the water, favoring the plain-spoken habits of a region shaped by generations of persistence. The history of Pontiac is written in the soil and the timber, a testament to a people who have long understood that the value of the terrain lies not in its haste, but in the enduring, quiet clarity of its streams and the deep, green shadows of its hills.

About This Pontiac Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pontiac, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.51562, -92.603776. 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 Pontiac includes the ZIP code (65729), telephone area code (417), county seat of Ozark County (Gainesville), and school district assignment (Gainesville R-V 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.