Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
311.7 LBD Clark Creek Clark Creek is the last significant drainage coming out of the State of Mississippi into the big river. As if wanting to gift paddlers with a landscape worth remembering, Clark Creek creates one of the most colorful and creative settings, which can be best seen
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
311.7 RBD Auxiliary Intake -- Old River Control Structure As you paddle past Knox Landing and around Point Breeze, with the Clark Creek/Tunica Hills on your left, you might notice a mournful “fog horn” like sounding echoing through the woods right bank descending. This is the warning horn
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
313.7 RBD Knox Landing A steep but well-positioned concrete boat ramp drops into the river here on the artificial island created by the Main Intake and Auxiliary Intake of the Old River Control Structures. Good place to start or end an expedition, and probably safe parking. But there are
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
313 LBD Buffalo River (Old mouth of the Homochitto River) Across the river from the Old River complex is the mouth of the Buffalo River, which meanders through the Mississippi bottomlands below Fort Adams, and is connected to Lake Mary during higher water levels. This is the old mouth of
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
314.6 RBD Main Intake -- Old River Control Structure This is the original gate built in 1963 to “keep the Mississippi in its place,” and was almost washed away a decade later, in 1973, by floods that scoured120 foot deep holes around its monumental concrete & steel footings. The
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
316.3 RBD Hydro Intake -- Old River Control Structure Maybe you’ve read about it, or heard frightening tales about it. It’s as legendary as the Chain of Rocks of St. Louis, and as little understood, and as many tall tales told about. No, you won’t be
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
321 - 319 LBD Palmetto Bend There are three sand dune alcoves along this stretch of river left bank around Palmetto, which would offer good protection in easterly or southeasterly winds or weather, but are frequented by 4-wheelers, and might be private (the last one especially, since it has a
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
323 - 321 RBD Black Hawk Island Short willow island with a single ridge along its length that starts out high at the top end and gradually descends to the bottom end. Good protected camping in dense willows in high water, sandbars extend around its edges in medium water and
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
323 LBD Artonish Boat Ramp Primitive Boat Ramp over the asphalt laid down in a former era of bank stabilization, a method no longer practiced. There are no services within miles of here down dusty back roads.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
325 - 320 Three Rivers WMA and Red River NWR From the top of Palmetto island down to Shreve’s Bar the sprawling Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and Red River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) create sprawling swaths of deep bottomland hardwood forests, tupelo gum wetlands, and countless lakes,
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
325.5 - 322.5 RBD Palmetto Island Two and a half miles long in high water, and maybe a mile longer in low water, Palmetto is a beautiful isolated wild island surrounded by good sandbars and backed by a long back channel that never completely goes dry (for paddlers)
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
326 RBD Union Point A good “hole in the wall” campsite can be found right bank descending 326.5 before entering the back channel of Palmetto Island for good protection from southwesterly winds and severe thunderstorms.