Mile 340.1 - RBD Oil Well & Boat Ramp

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026

340.1 RBD Oil Well & Boat Ramp

A throbbing donkey engine grinds and whines through the woods as you approach RBD 304.1, a reminder of the oil rich layers below the sandy soils of southern Mississippi and northwestern Louisiana. While the sound is not as invasive as a power plant’s, you won’t want to camp anywhere within earshot of this rhythmic monster. By nightfall you will be driven to deliriums but the unchanging up and down slide of groans and moans, and the normally peaceful hush that follows sunset in the stillness of a river night will make it even worse.

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