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The river dives to over 200 feet as it comes around Delta Point through Centennial Cutoff, forced downward by the Walnut Hills upon which Vicksburg sits. The turbulent action of the water carving deeper and deeper through the Mississippi Mud makes this one of the deepest holes along the entire
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Mulatto Bend makes a severe obtuse angle around Wilkerson Point that turns the river “about-right” so that you enter paddling slightly northeasterly and exit due south with an incredible heart-stopping view downstream. Paddlers brace yourself for this paradigm change. Gone are the endless trees, back channels and sandbars of the
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Stay with the faster water right bank, and avoid the fleeting petro and grain barges left bank descending 238 -235. In other words, three miles of fleeted barges, or places that tows might getting ready to pull over and detach or re-attach barges for transport elsewhere. Don’t be surprised
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After zig-zagging through the hairpin corner Thomas Point the paddler comes around like a billiard ball into the final run downstream into the top end of the busiest port in North America (the port of greater Baton Rouge/New Orleans). The river flows in a straight channel due east between
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Warning: Hairpin Bend! Blind Corner! As you enter Mallet Bend around Thomas Point pay special attention to any signs of upstream traffic. Ride the inside of the curve LBD as tightly as possible so that you can run to the shore quickly if needed. You could also ride the far
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Fancy Point Towhead is found left bank descending about seven miles below St. Francisville (or about three miles below the Audubon Bridge). If the water is above 12 BG the back channel will be open and flowing, but below 8BG it might be impassable, and below 5 it will start
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Two mile long island and about half miles wide, seal shaped from the air, like so many Mississippi River islands, St. Maurice is the best camping between the Tunica Hills and St. Francisville. Most sand is found spilling onto and over both sides of the top end, one large plateau
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Paddlers have a unique opportunity to walk up to one of the largest and oldest trees in the south, the co-champion bald cypress of North America. If the river is high you can paddle all the way, but it will have to be bank full 30BG or higher. If it
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As you come around Morgan’s Bend you will discern a golden yellow color that at first could be mistaken for a rough sandbar. It’s not sand. It’s a collapsing steep muddy bank that is composed of creamy yellow mud, and is a sign of the river eating
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This isolated bend swirling 180 degrees around Iowa Point used to be a good place for paddlers to stop along its perimeter for highwater camping, but in recent years has degenerated into a series of busy hunting camps that you’ll want to avoid. In low or medium water watch
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Three mile long Tunica Bar Towhead is the best camping in the vicinity of the Tunica Hills. If you want to enjoy the full experience of the dance of light along the convoluted shapes and fantastic colors of the Tunica Hills, camp here and watch the all day show that
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Hog Point Towhead, a bony ridge rising high above the main channel making a natural levee and ideal placement for voyageur tents and hammocks. Behind the tall sandy edge a promenade like a Greek entrance hall leads downwards at a slight angle into a chapel of willows, where the spirit