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25.1 RBD Elba Landing Best Campsite Yet! The river has carved an interesting landscape at Elba Landing, a collection of humps and depressions which create a rich topography for wildlife, and the best camping yet on the Atchafalaya River. Dry up to 34SG. Long flat shelves with plenty of
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23.4 RBD Barberton Landing A tall bluff of sand forms here in an alcove of an eddy across the river from Barberton Landing at 23.2 LBD, possibly dry up to FS 35 SG.
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22.2 LBD Small Hump of Sand A thicket of Chinaberries is found behind this small hump of sand. Possible camp or picnic site up to 30SG.
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22 RBD Cell Tower Cellular tower found over the levee near mile 22 over the West Bank.
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20 - 25 Bayou Current to Elba Landing The river curves gently eastward and then southward in several long meanders here, with plenty of good pickings for stop places in low water but few in high water. The best include a small sandbar across the river from Barberton Landing at
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20.5 LBD Small Sandy Shelves There are a couple of small shelves of sand found right bank descending near mile 20.5 that would make a good camp for a small party.
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18 - 20 LBD Bayou Point Coming into Bayou Point, entering the 4th bend of the squiggles, paddlers will find 2 small eddies along left bank descending around which small deposits of sand will collect in low and medium water levels. But the best sandbars, and hence the best camping
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17 - 18 RBD Hick’s Landing/Gordon Point A long sandy bank stretched for nearly one mile here along Hick’s Landing/Gordon Point, with possible camping and picnicking on the highest bluffs up to FS 35 SG. The best location found in an undulating dune with inlets forming
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16.5 RBD Trash Site Someone has dumped a pile of trash on the riverbank here, as witnessed in March, 2015.
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16 RBD Eddy Dune A small sand dune forms here along the left bank descending at the edge of a small eddy. Good camping or picnicking on lower sandbar in low or medium water levels, and possible camp on top of dune with trees behind up to FS 35 SG.
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15.5 Primitive Boat Ramp (Private)
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14.7 RBD Small Dunes Small sand dunes form here in low water, several hundred yards below the mouth of Turner’s Bayou.