River Log section: Helena to Greenville
Helena to Greenville
LBD 605 - 610 Island 70 Following the main channel of the river past Hurricane Point/Dennis Landing you will be thrust out mid channel with slower water left bank descending (and the large eddy at Dennis Landing). At low water levels you must continue main channel because there is
Helena to Greenville
LBD 637 (Back Channel Island 63) Quapaw Landing N34.262962, W-90.744088 Good solid concrete ramp, but narrow and steep. Sometimes muddy when the river is dropping and the county road crew hasn't gotten out to clear it off. Serviceable at all water levels up to 39HG when
Helena to Greenville
LBD 637.5 Entrance into bottom end of Island 63 Chute You can reach Quapaw Landing at all water levels by floating to the bottom of Island 63, and turning left (East) into the wide chute below, and paddling back upstream. Quapaw Landing is approximately one mile from the bottom
Helena to Greenville
LBD 640.5 Entrance to top end of Island 63 Chute Great back channel to explore. Highly recommended -- unless you're already camped on Island 62. If you are proceed to bottom end for a view into this un-imporoved back channel, its banks mostly free of the endless
Helena to Greenville
LBD 640.5 - 637 Island 63 Private Hunting Camp Island. Setting for one of Mark Twain's stories from Life on the Mississippi. Access to Quapaw Landing behind Island (See below).
Helena to Greenville
LBD 641-635 Island 62 [CLICK HERE: Map of Islands 62 & 63 Circumnavigation] Beautiful remote towhead island with long stretches of willow broken by stands of cottonwood and other hardwoods, all surrounded by a sea of big-grained yellow sand. Good camping or possible break stop, great animal tracking, birding, and
Helena to Greenville
RBD 646 - 649 Dewberry Island 61 A highland of mixed willow/cottonwood/mulberry forest at mile 646, giant sandbars upstream at low water, plenty of sand at medium water, only a small spit of sand at high water 35HG, goes completely underwater at 42HG with only the trees on
Helena to Greenville
646 to 642 Old Town Bend Continue on downstream around Old Town (site of an ancient Indian village) and spin around Miller Point where the entire river makes a 180 degree and turns back on itself, often with powerful expressions of giant boils & whirlpools at the edge of a
Helena to Greenville
648 LBD Horseshoe The main channel gets shoved off of Kangaroo Point towards Horseshoe with a giant powerful eddy forming below the point RBD. Your best downstream route is sticking to a line parallel to the edge of this giant eddy and going with the strongest tongue of current as
Helena to Greenville
RBD 652.2 Kangaroo Point Contrary to common river-sense, the river speed noticeably quickens during low water as it approaches Kangaroo Point. Upstream Tows sometimes seem to stand still as they fight their way up, while their downstream counterparts easily fly by. If you are sharing this narrow sluiceway at
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
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