
Bull Shoals Dam
Map location: D-7
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Start the Bull Shoals Vacation Tour six
miles north of Mountain Home on Arkansas Highway 5 at Midway.
Take Hwy. 178 west to Lakeview, then across the top of Bull
Shoals Dam, one of the biggest concrete dams in the country.
Stop to tour the new James A. Gaston Visitor Center with
dramatic exhibits about fishing, area history, and construction
of Bull Shoals Dam. Free admission, open daily 8 a.m. - 8
p.m. (5 p.m. winter hours). Phone 870-445-3629.
Bull Shoals Lake, with 1,000 miles of shoreline
and 71,000 acres of surface, is your destination. Since 1952,
the clear, cold waters of Bull Shoals Lake have been a source
for electric power and water recreation for a large region,
reaching from the upper Midwest to Texas.Continue Tour >> |