River Log section: Helena to Greenville
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
Helena to Greenville
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
Helena to Greenville
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
Helena to Greenville
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.
Helena to Greenville
RBD 575.8 Caulk Eddy Tall sandy bluff of a sandbar thrown high against Arkansas shore less than one mile below the Caulk Light 576.5, excellent location to quickly exit the river in case of towboat emergency or imminently approaching wind or thunderstorms out of the north or west.
Helena to Greenville
LBD 574.5 Mouth of Lake Whittington A classic river pass, which way the water is going will demonstrate whether the river is rising or falling. Good place for quick shelter from the weather on a hot sunny day or a cold windy day. This beautiful tree-lined channel cuts through
Helena to Greenville
RBD 578.4 Napoleon Light In his rambling Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain digresses through several chapters with a drawn-out story reaching into a Bavarian mausoleum concerning the bereaved hamlet of Napoleon. Once numbering upwards of 1,000 inhabitants, Napoleon promised to become the largest city in the Lower