Beaver Lake (Arkansas)

Beaver Lake
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Location	Ozark Mountains, Benton / Carroll / Washington County, Arkansas / United States
Coordinates	36°25′16.62″N 93°50′51.42″W / 36.4212833°N 93.8476167°W / 36.4212833; -93.8476167
Lake type	reservoir
Primary outflows	White River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	50 mi (80 km)
Surface area	31,700 acres (12,800 ha)
Shore length1	483 mi (777 km)
Surface elevation	1,120 ft (340 m)
Settlements	Rogers, Arkansas Eureka Springs, Arkansas
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some 487 miles (784 km) of shoreline. With towering limestone bluffs, natural caves, and a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs, it is a popular tourist destination. Beaver Lake is the source of drinking water in Northwest Arkansas, which is managed, treated and sold by Beaver Water District, serving more than 450,000 customers. One out of 7 people in Arkansas get their drinking water from Beaver Lake.^[1]