Mile 561.7 - Easton Landing -- Mounds Boat Ramp

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 is gated off the levee. If you try to drive in from Hwy 1 near Scott you will be greeted at this historic location with a large brightly-colored alarming sign that reads:

STOP

Private Property

'27 BREAK

HUNTING CLUB

Violators Will be Prosecuted!!!

with a smaller sign:

SECURITY

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

IN USE

ON THESE PREMISES

and lastly the more generic:

POSTED

PRIVATE PROPERTY:

HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING

TRESPASSING FOR ANY PURPOSE

IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN

VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED

Maybe this will change in the future, but for now paddlers wishing to exit river on the Mississippi shore will have to paddle another 25 miles downstream to Warfield Point State Park for access, if the river's high Warfield Point will be closed; the only remaining access for paddlers is 5 miles up the slackwater Greenville Harbor, or 7 miles downstream on the Arkansas shore RBD near the Highway 82 Bridge.