Mile 122.0 - Miles 122-120: LBD Moro Island

122 - 120 LBD Moro Island

One mile wide and two miles long, Moro Island offers some of the best camping anywhere along the Middle Mississippi, especially at medium water levels or higher. It is the first island below St. Louis that has big sandbars even at flood stage (30SLG). The best high water camping is found top end in park-like sandy bottom, open woods, a delightful stand of silver maples, sycamores, and cottonwoods -- with views upstream. Back channel opens up around 10SLG with good flow. Good flow going behind island in med water, and strong in high water. A smaller island (Upper Moro) sits to the left of the top of the back channel which can be explored by water in medium water 15SLG or higher -- with another “button” of an island found above it. As water drops the private campsites top end become inaccessible by the extent of the giant sandbars, although beach camping along river’s edge is possible if the weather is calm and no wind is expected. Big sandbar emerges bottom end on main channel in medium water and continues to grow as the river drops down to low water 4-12SLG.