Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
275.5 RBD Before Boies Point “Hidey Hole” There is a narrow “hidey hole” is found deep within a slot in the riverbank above Boies Point at approximately 275.5 RBD. If a south wind is threatening your progress, and a line of severe thunderstorms approaching, you could take temporary
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
276.6 RBD Protected Dune A graceful curved sandy dune is found RBD several miles below the cement silo with great protection from southerly weather, and a lovely copse of American sycamores and elms all around. Dry sand found here in low to medium waters, and open forest with sandy
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
277.2 RBD Morganza Crevasse The Mississippi River broke the levee here in the flood of 1890, making a mess out everything downstream and to the west, including the enormous Atchafalaya basin to the west.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
278.8 RBD Cement Silo The tall cement silo at RBD 278.8 is a river monument of uncertain origin, with a sizeable dune found in a rip-rap alcove below. During high water the eddy currents here, and along this whole portion of Morgan’s Bend can be treacherous, especially
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
279.6 - 279 RBD Morganza Spillway Entrance There is nothing to see from the river, but paddlers can imagine 600,000 cfs flowing through the wooded banks around this bend in catastrophic flood waters. The US Army Corps of Engineers added this overflow valve in the 1950s to divert
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
278.5 - 277.8 LBD Iowa Point Bottom End of Morgan’s Bar This is the only place along Morgan’s Bend that you’d want to stop and make a camp. It’s removed from the busy hunter’s lodges further up the bend, and it would be
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
281 - 278 Morgans Bend (Iowa Point) This isolated bend swirling 180 degrees around Iowa Point used to be a good place for paddlers to stop along its perimeter for highwater camping, but in recent years has degenerated into a series of busy hunting camps that you’ll want to
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
281.5 - 280.5 RBD New Tex Landing Short skinny bar that is often muddy. Dry up to 25NG. Your best bet would be to continue to another more sandy location, but if it’s getting dark or weather coming in and you need to land in a hurry,
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
283.3 LBD Sebastopol Paddlers will want to avoid camping anywhere near this noisy hunting camp (noisy, as in lots of gunfire).
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
287.5 - 284 LBD Little Island Little Island is found left bank descending so close along the riverbank that it is hard to tell the difference between it and the shore. If it is that time of day and you are ready to rest your paddle-weary arms, slide over
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
287.5 LBD Greenwood Dune Greenwood Dune is another small dune of a sandbar, located a mile below the Greenwood Light. Hunting Camp behind, wear orange in season, and avoid woods.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
289.5 - 289 RBD Greenwood Bar Greenwood Bar is a small sliver of a sandbar with possible campsites up to 35NG.