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The dam lies on the border of Marion and Baxter Counties, and forms Bull Shoals Lake, which extends well northwest into Missouri. Its main purposes are hydroelectricity production and flood control. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in response to severe flooding between 1915 and 1927.
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.
Bull Shoals Dam impounds the White River, creating Bull Shoals Lake. It is also the location of Bull Shoals-White River State Park (park visitor center in bottom left corner). Reservoirs
Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, and Table Rock Lake are man-made lakes or reservoirs created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the authority of the Flood Control Act of 1938. [11] Bull Shoals Dam near Mountain Home, Arkansas was constructed from 1947 to 1951 at a cost of $86 million [12] and is the 5th largest concrete dam in the United ...
Located on the grounds of the Arkansas Post National Memorial (National Park Service) Bull Shoals-White River: Baxter, Marion: 732 acres (296 ha) 1955: Bull Shoals Lake: Trout fishing destination above and below Bull Shoals Dam with over 100 campsites Cane Creek: Lincoln: 2,053 acres (831 ha) 1992: Cane Creek Lake
The county contains five protected areas, including parts of the Buffalo National River, Ozark National Forest, Bull Shoals-White River State Park, and two Wildlife Management Areas. The natural environment of nearby Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes and the surrounding countryside has attracted tourists from around the country for many years. [4]
Bull Shoals Dam is the threshold into the town from the southeast. Bull Shoals Dam and the town of Bull Shoals developed together. The developers bought several tracts of the former Newton Flat settlement when they learned that the government planned to build a flood-control and power-generating concrete dam at the site.