Sundown Missouri Map

About Sundown, Missouri

Sundown is a locality in Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 62. The population density is 16.4 people per km². Sundown is located at 36.5665°N, 92.6368°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 65761.

Sundown emerges from the limestone bedrock of the Ozarks where the horizon is defined by the heavy, silent weight of Coffee Ridge in the distance. It lies 32.7 miles east of Branson, MO (from Branson, MO: bearing 99°T), and is situated 21.2 miles northwest of Mountain Home. The landscape here is carved by the persistence of water, dropping away into the limestone basin of Wells Hollow while the Little North Fork White River carves a serpentine path through the karst terrain nearby. Sunlight in Sundown possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality during the final hour of the day, catching the dust motes and the limestone outcroppings until the entire valley glows with a pale, bruised amber. At the edge of the settlement, the waters of Bull Shoals Lake stretch out, a vast and quiet presence that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the environment.

Sundown maintains a quiet economy tethered to the land and the visitors who arrive seeking the solace of the Bull Shoals Recreation Area. The history of the settlement is written in the stubborn endurance of the families who first cleared these hardwood thickets, their legacy persisting in the weathered barns and the persistent, plain-spoken manner of the residents. While the bustle of larger Missouri hubs feels distant, the daily life of Sundown remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons and the maintenance of the infrastructure surrounding the reservoir. People here favor a life of measured work, moving with a gravity that acknowledges both the difficult terrain and the quiet, enduring beauty of the hills that keep the rest of the world at bay.

About This Sundown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sundown, Missouri. Coordinates: 36.566453, -92.636833. 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 Sundown includes the ZIP code (65761), telephone area code (417), county seat of Ozark County (Gainesville), and school district assignment (Lutie R-VI 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.