Helena to Greenville
671-673 LBD St. Francis Bar Created by historic flooding of the St. Francis River, the St. Francis Bar is a perennial sandbar that varies from a mile long at low water, to half a mile at medium water, and is completely submerged during high water (goes under around HG37). Beautiful
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652-650 LBD FRIARS POINT island [CLICK HERE: Map of Friar's Point Island] Immediately downstream of the primitive Friars Point Landing mile 652.5 is a narrow opening tight against the Mississippi shoreline that at any water levels above 20 HG offers glimpses into the wild world of the
Helena to Greenville
LBD 652.5 Friars Point Landing (unimproved) Several hundred yards below the McAlister Grain/Mississippi Limestone complex (you will see a line of shiny stainless steel grain elevators and piles of gravel and anchored tows) you can find a serviceable landing with access to Friars Point. Unimproved location. Primitive landing
Helena to Greenville
Arkansas City Gage We will switch over to the Arkansas City Gage (AG) for this section of river. This gage is located 24 miles downstream of the mouth of the Arkansas River at mile 554, and has been fixed approximately seven feet below the Helena Gage. Low Water = -13 to
Helena to Greenville
LBD 560.5 Mounds Landing In the Great Flood of 1927 a one-mile section of the Mississippi levee collapsed and was pushed aside by the raging flood waters. In that era levees were built along the banks of the river, with no buffer zone to allow for the flood waters
Helena to Greenville
LBD 561.7 Easton Landing -- Mounds Boat Ramp On the outside perimeter of Choctaw Island is found Easton Landing, a steep & unimproved ramp laid over the asphalt & rip-rap falling off the steep cut-bank. Mounds Boat Ramp unfortunately has become a private Boat Ramp in recent years, and
Helena to Greenville
564-558 Choctaw Bar Island [CLICK HERE: Map of Choctaw Island] Choctaw Island, the superlative Mississippi River Island for voyageurs, consists of every floodplain landscape possible: giant beaches, large meadows, extensive woods, wetlands, and muddy banks. The shoreline is as close to the Caribbean as you'll find in the
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RBD 568 Chicot Landing Note: Boat ramp not marked on the US Army Corps 2007 maps. Unimproved public gravel landing off the end of a stub levee above Arkansas City. You won't always be able to drive to the water's edge, but paddler's should
Helena to Greenville
571-567 Catfish Point Bar Another solution to the monotony of the long-distance paddler is a stop on Catfish Point Bar. If the weather's calm, and you need a good rest place to stretch you legs, pull into Catfish Point Bar. It can be a long paddle getting into
Helena to Greenville
572-567 Cypress Bend Cypress Bend is perhaps the most perfectly formed bend on the Lower Mississippi. The river flows in perfectly due west out of Catfish, and then carves a perfect semi circle around Cypress, and then exits perfectly due east towards Eutaw and Choctaw below. Alas, its also one
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576-572 Caulk Neck Cut-Off During the Great Flood of 2011 the entire Mississippi River violently whisked around Caulk Neck Cut-Off and was concentrated into a mess of swiftly sliding boils and extreme river eruptions past Catfish Point and into Cypress Bend. Writer Hodding Carter and I ran the river from
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RBD 575-572.5 Caulk Neck Bar Small Towhead along inside of Caulk Neck Bend, forming gravel bar top end at low water, a short (2 mile long) back channel behind at high water. Private Hunting Camp. Frequented by ATVs and 4WDs.