River Log section: Greenville to Vicksburg
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 514-512 Worthington Cutoff, Matthews Bend, Grand Lake, Island 88 The river concentrates around the bottom end of Kentucky Bend and slams directly into the Arkansas shoreline opposite with such force that it tore up all the fields and almost busted the levee in 1997 and in 2011, and a
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD 515-512 Leota Bar/Cracraft Chute After Rounding Kentucky Bend the river turns southward around Leota Bar and runs into the Cracraft Chute. This is one of the most stunningly beautiful sections of river anywhere along the Lower Mississippi River. It should be considered a wild and scenic river so
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 519-515 Kentucky Bend After running mostly southward for ten miles below the Greenville Bridge, the river finally curves westward in an elegant swoop around the densely forested Kentucky Island (Kentucky Bend Bar on the maps). This is the best remote camping in the area. Kentucky Bend and Island area
Greenville to Vicksburg
RBD 523-520 Island 86 There is a thin sliver of Island that runs three miles long at low water and less at high water. Possible back channel route above 25 GG, and good hidden campsites found along some of the sandy bluffs on the mainland side near RBD 520.
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD 525 American Cutoff/Lake Lee Viewed from the sky American Bar has the shape of a mallard’s head with the beak pointing downstream. At medium water levels (above 30GG) you can follow the American Cutoff and paddle behind Lakeport Towhead/American Bar. The Mississippi River broke through a
Greenville to Vicksburg
LBD 529-525.5 Lakeport Towhead/American Bar After sliding through the narrows past Sunnyside and underneath the monumental wonders of the new Greenville Bridge the downstream will be flushed vigorously outwards into the center of the mile wide main channel not far below. You will paddle over eleven major transcontinental
Greenville to Vicksburg
530.7 Greenville Bridge The Greenville Bridge is the only bridge in the 200 miles of river between Helena and Vicksburg. This striking new concrete & steel cable-stay bridge was completed in 2010 after 19 years of planning and construction. At the time of its opening, it was the longest
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