Mile 287.5 - 287.5 - 284 LBD Little Island

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

287.5 - 284 LBD Little Island

Little Island is found left bank descending so close along the riverbank that it is hard to tell the difference between it and the shore. If it is that time of day and you are ready to rest your paddle-weary arms, slide over to this side of the river and stop at the first place that catches your eye. In general it’s best to stay towards the top end, as the bottom end opens up to a very active hunting and shooting club of the “Dukes of Hazard” type. In low water big, broad sand flats extend in all directions, especially upstream. Good for calm weather camping, but a long ways to find firewood. As the water rises the choices become more limited, but more protected and more interesting. At medium water 25NG a long slice of sand is found top end with good camping, but by 40 it is almost gone save for a last sloping piece below the cut mud towhead and trees above. The forest here is almost impenetrable, so in high water levels you will want to look further downstream in the back channel where big dunes of sand have been thrown into the woods along either bank. At the very bottom of the island is another thin peninsula of sand like the top end, but spotted with tall cottonwoods and sycamores. The dry sand at bottom end disappears around 40NG.

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