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Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a 732-acre (296 ha) Arkansas state park in Baxter and Marion Counties, Arkansas in the United States. Containing one of the nation's best trout-fishing streams, the park entered the system in 1955 after the United States Army Corps of Engineers built Bull Shoals Dam on the White River . [ 1 ]
The Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a 725-acre (2.93 km 2) park in Baxter and Marion Counties of Arkansas both above and below the massive dam. Facilities, including camping, pavilions, dock and interpretive programs, stretch along the banks of the White River. Along the lakeshore, the park offers picnic sites and playgrounds.
Marion County is located in the Ozark Mountains in the U.S. state of Arkansas.The county is named for Francis Marion, the famous "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War.Created as Arkansas's 35th county in 1836, Marion County is home to one incorporated town and four incorporated cities, including Yellville, the county seat.
Flippin is located in eastern Marion County north of US 412/62, in the Ozarks south of Bull Shoals Lake.The town lies 3 miles (5 km) west of the White River.US 412/62 leads southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Yellville, the Marion county seat, and northeast 14 miles (23 km) to Mountain Home.
Oakland, located on Arkansas Highway 202, is 20 miles (32 km) by road northwest of Mountain Home. Oakland has a post office with ZIP code 72661. [4] The Oakland Campground on Bull Shoals Lake lies about three miles to the west at the end of Route 202. [5] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census, with a population of 72. [3]
The dam was completed in July 1951, with a highway atop the dam to allow highway access for the parts of northeastern Marion County separated from the county seat of Yellville by the new reservoir. Though Highway 178 doesn't appear on the March 1953 state highway map, [ 1 ] a later 1953 map shows the Highway 178 designation.
A rare flash flood emergency was issued for around 5,000 people in Yellville and surrounding areas of Marion County after 6 to 11 inches of rain fell in just four to five hours, according to the ...
Highway 125 (AR 125, Ark. 125, and Hwy. 125) is a north–south state highway in Marion County, Arkansas, United States.The route runs 30.14 miles (48.51 km) from Arkansas Highway 235 near Bruno north to the Missouri state line across Bull Shoals Lake on Arkansas' only ferry within the state highway system.