River Log section: Greenville to Vicksburg
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 531.5 Sunnyside Landing Sunnyside is a public boat ramp built from broken concrete and tattered revetment which drops into the river at the edge of a large eddy. Paddlers needing access be ready for fast waters and a strong rip-eddy with large boils and small whirlpools. Land access
Greenville to Vicksburg
534 Vaucluse Landing The top end of Chicot Lake, the largest oxbow lake in North America, is found just through the woods and over the levee from Vaucluse Landing. In the geologic history of a meandering waterway, a free-flowing river periodically cuts off its own bends and isolates them in
Greenville to Vicksburg
536-531 Vaucluse Bend/Island 84 Below Warfield Point the river opens southwestward up a mile wide into a vast moving pool that flows into and then south around Vaucluse Bend with Island 84 on the left. Be vigilant for tows that often come to a stop in this area for
Greenville to Vicksburg
Miles 537 - 437 Greenville to Vicksburg Greenville, Mississippi When you refill your water bottles in Greenville you will notice the tea-colored waters coming out of any city taps. Not cause for alarm, you are about to imbibe in the waters that gave birth to luminaries Shelby Foote and T-Model
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD Mile 537 New Warfield Point Boat Ramp A new public boat ramp was completed in 2013 at Warfield Point near observation tower, with parking. This ramp will reach the river at all water levels, from low water to flood stage. Paddlers can enter the main channel of the river
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD Mile 537 Old Warfield Point Boat Ramp As stated above, the old Warfield Point Boat Ramp is located within the forests along the South side of the Greenville Harbor. But it gets swamped in high water, and goes dry in low water (actually it disappears into a morass of
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD Mile 537 Warfield Point Park Ideally situated along the main channel of the big river, Warfield Point Park is easily accessed from the rip rap at LBD 537. You can’t miss it if you are approaching from upstream for the tall observation tower and giant billboards along the
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD 487-481 Shipland Wildlife Management Area Opposite Lake Providence and behind the Ajax archipelago canoeists and kayakers can enjoy the 3,500-acre Shipland Wildlife Management Area (WMA) which was established in 1982 on land purchased from the Nature Conservancy. This is the only WMA in the Mississippi batture lands; that
Greenville to Vicksburg
Vicksburg Gage At this point in the Rivergator we’ll leave the Greenville gage and switch over to the Vicksburg Gage, which is about 40 miles downstream. We’ll denote the Vicksburg Gage as “VG.” For daily river levels and weekly forecasts, go to http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD 437.7 Mouth of the Yazoo River For your final approach into Vicksburg stay with the flow left bank descending and look for the mouth of the Yazoo River. It opens up just before the first bank side industrial activity, rusted cranes, and old boats, scraps of steel and
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 438 King’s Point/Secret Entrance into Lake Centennia If the river is flowing bank full above 35 on the Vicksburg Gauge, you can cut through the woods here at a low place and gain access to the beautiful sparkling waters of Centennial Lake. Vicksburg paddlers sometimes use this
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 441-438.5 Delta Point Bar After paddling past the vast collection of grain elevators and connecting conveyor belts at Farmer’s Grain Terminal RBD 442.1 the canoeist or kayaker will see a three-mile long island, the last island above Vicksburg. This is the Delta Point Bar. You can