River Log section: Helena to Greenville
Helena to Greenville
663 RBD Helena Harbor [CLICK HERE: Map of the Helena Harbor] Paddler's Note: the most prominent landmark in the Helena area is the Helena Bridge, but don't go there (yet)! The Helena Harbor is almost two miles above the bridge. If you're looking to
Helena to Greenville
665.5 LBD Trotter's Pass A beautiful side trip into a primeval world where you can paddle as far as you feel comfortable doing so. Round Trip: paddle into Trotter's Pass and then turn around and paddle back and continue your journey downstream the main channel.
Helena to Greenville
668-663 RBD Buck Island (Prairie Point Towhead) Buck Island was saved from auction block by the American Land Conservancy in 2008 and is now protected by a permanent wetlands easement through the NRCS, which means that it will never be forested again, and our children will one day enjoy the
Helena to Greenville
668 RBD (a view of) Crowley's Ridge As you are approaching the top end of Buck Island you will be welcomed to the area with a grand view of Crowley's Ridge. Helena is located at the Southern end of Crowley's Ridge, Where the Ridge
Helena to Greenville
669 LBD Flower Lake Dikes Above 20HG (medium water) you can paddle behind several narrow islands found on the Mississippi shoreline left bank descending which are formed over the St. Francis and Flower Lake Dikes. Stay LBD and paddle hard to cut into the narrow openings leading behind these islands
Helena to Greenville
670 LBD St. Francis Dikes
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
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