Mid-America’s Premiere Trout Stream: The White River

Story by: Guest Contributor

First posted on 01-14-2009

One of the state parks system’s newest facilities funded by Amendment 75, Arkansas’s 1/8-cent conservation tax, is the $4.5 million visitor center that opened last year at Bull Shoals-White River State Park near Bull Shoals Lake. Situated on a highpoint, the 15,744-square foot structure affords a spectacular view of the White River, Bull Shoals Dam and Bull Shoals Lake. The visitor/education center is named in honor of Jim Gaston of Lakeview, owner of Arkansas’s renowned Gaston’s White River Resort. The center serves as the primary visitor contact point at Bull Shoals-White River State Park. In addition, it is the focal point for the interpretation of the White River, Bull Shoals Dam, Bull Shoals Lake and their histories. Interpretive exhibits are featured throughout the lobby, gift shop, Johnboat Theater and Exhibit Hall, a 1,720-square-foot area filled with images of the river, lake and dam.
Mid-America’s premier trout stream, the White River is renowned for its catches of record rainbow and brown trout. Bull Shoals Lake, at 45,440 acres, is Arkansas’s largest lake, with waters stretching across Arkansas’s northern border into southern Missouri. Anglers and water sports enthusiasts are drawn to its clear waters and Ozark Mountain scenery.

For more information about Bull Shoals-White River State Park, go to: http://www.ArkansasStateParks.com/BullShoalsWhiteRiver.

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