Bull Shoals and White River State Park, North Arkansas

Mark and I decided to spend our spring doing a tour of a few Arkansas State Parks. This week Bull Shoals. I grew up in Mountain Home and I can’t tell you the flood of memories from the massive hours that I spent water skiing on lake bull shoals with high school friends. It was great place to grow up. 

If you have never visited the Mountain Home area and you enjoy the outdoors…you should. Mountain Home sits between two huge lakes - Norfork and Bull Shoals. Cotter, a little town that sits right on the White River, is considered the Trout Capital of the US. 

Guides and boats are available and everyone has been catching their limit. 

Gaston’s is a great place for breakfast or an afternoon beer. And if you have kids or just want a fun stop, the Bull Shoals Caverns are close. 

The big bluff trail is a super easy hike that takes you through thick trees with huge climbing vines. And you reach a bench the looks out over the river and you have a perfect view of eagles trolling the river for meals. 


We hit up Rapps Brewing for a beer and lunch grub. 

The visitors center is really beautiful. 

Ruby has had a great time, too. 

The weather and relaxation has been spectacular!