The Lower Mississippi River Water Trail

Caruthersville to Memphis

SECTION	MILE	ACCESS CITY
Middle Mississippi & Bluegrass Hills / Bootheel	195-0, 954-850	ST. LOUIS TO CARUTHERSVILLE
Chickasaw Bluffs	850 – 737	CARUTHERSVILLE TO MEMPHIS

Introduction
Caruthersville to Osceola
850 – 737 LBD	Options for Paddlers in the Caruthersville Stretch
Above Caruthersville
Below Caruthersville
850 RBD	Caruthersville Harbor Boat Ramp (1/2 Mile Up Harbor)
849 RBD	Mouth of the Carutherville Harbor
849 RBD	Trinity Barge Fabrication Plant
847 RBD	Blaker Towhead
846.5	Caruthersville
846 RBD	Isle of Capri/Lady Luck Casino and Casino Inn Suites
845 – 840 LBD	Caruthersville – Linwood Bend
850 RBD – 840 LBD	Day Trip: Caruthersville to Booth’s Point
840 LBD	Linwood Bend Boat Ramp
839	Caruthersville Bridge
Bridges and Mud: How Deep is the Mississippi Mud
Several Routes Around Islands 18, 20 and 21
838 – 835 LBD	Island 18 Towhead
829 – 832 RBD	Island 20 Dikes and Towhead
823 – 829 LBD	Island 21
Routes for the Paddler Around Tamm/Barfield Bends
820 – 815 RBD	Wright’s Point – Tamm Bend
819.3 LBD	Mouth of the Obion River
Moss Island WMA
817.7 LBD	Tamm’s Landing and Ed Jones Boat Ramp
817.7 – 801.8 LBD	Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge
No Levee?
814 LBD	Nebraska Landing
815 – 805 LBD	Barfield Bend
809.3 RBD	Barfield Boat Ramp
806 RBD	Tomato Arkansas
805 – 801 RBD	Island 25
Paddler’s Options in the Island 30 – Osceola Area
800 – 796.5 RBD	Island 26 and Forked Deer Island 27
803 – 787 RBD	Ashport-Keyes Gold Dust
796 – 791 RBD	Ashport Gold Dust Dikes
797 LBD	Shoaf Landing
797 LBD	Lower Forked Deer River
796 LBD	Ashport-Keyes Boat Ramp
793 – 785 RBD	Island 30
796 LBD	Ashport-Keyes Boat Ramp
Neark (Jacksonville) Landing
786.5 LBD	Back Channel Island 30
785 RBD	Osceola Arkansas
783.5 RBD	Sans Souci Boat Ramp
Osceola to Shelby Forest
785 RBD	Osceola Arkansas
783.5 RBD	Sans Souci Boat Ramp
782 LBD	Driver Island
779.8 LBD	Old Mouth of the Forked Deer
779 – 778 LBD	First Chickasaw Bluff
Alternate Paddler’s Route Around Hatchie River & 2nd Chickasaw Bluff
778 – 773 RBD	Sunrise Towhead – Island 34
777 – 773.5 LBD	Hatchie Towhead
773.5 LBD	Mouth of the Hatchie River
773.5 LBD	Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refugee
771 – 772 LBD	Angelo Towhead
771 LBD	Randolph Landing
771 – 769 LBD	The Second Chickasaw Bluff (Richardson Bluff)
768.9 LBD	Richardson’s Landing
768 LBD	Randolph’s Landing/Duvall’s Boat Ramp
766 – 763 LBD	Below Richardson’s Landing Dikes and Bar
Dyess Arkansas, Birthplace of Johnny Cash’s Five Feet High and Rising
Five Feet High and Rising
767.6 – 761.5 RBD	Island 35
767 RBD	Island 35 Boat Ramp
Back Channels of Island 35
767.6 RBD	Entrance
761.5 RBD	Exit Behind Dean Isand
Memphis Gage
Dikes and Water Levels
Reading Google Maps
761.5 – 757 RBD	Dean Isand
761.5 – 757 RBD	Back Channel of Dean Isand
Third Chickasaw Bluff
758 – 754 LBD	Denseford Bar and Dikes/Hen and Chicks
752.7 LBD	Shelby Forest Boat Ramp
Shelby Forest to Memphis
Memphis Gage
Dikes and Water Levels
752.7 LBD	Shelby Forest Boat Ramp
Hen & Chicks Round Trip
754 – 745 LBD	Meeman Shelby Forest State Park
754 – 747.5 RBD	Back Channel of Brandywine Island
Buoys and Dikes
Paddling Into Memphis: Three Distinct Routes
749 – 742 LBD	Hickman Bar
Picknicking and Camping on Hickman
746 LBD	Upper Hickman
745 LBD	Middle Hickman
744 LBD	Lower Hickman
743 LBD	Below Lower Hickman
740.6 LBD	Loosahatchie River
743.5 – 740 LBD	Redman Point Bar
Memphis Upper Waswater Treatment Plant
M.C. Stiles Waterwater Treatment Facility
739 LBD	Conoco Lucy-Woodstock Memphis Chemical Terminal Dock
740.6 LBD	Wolf River
738.4 LBD	Mud Island Upper Boat Ramp
740 – 737.5	Loosahatchie Bar
737.5	Ferry Crossing to Memphis From the Bottom of Loosahatchie Bar
737	Memphis “M” Bridge (Hernando De Soto Bridge)
736 LBD	4th Chickasaw Bluff: Memphis
736 LBD	Memphis Mud Island Harbor
Mud Island Riverpark & Museum
Memphis Yatch Club Marina & Boat Ramp
Coast Guard Boat Ramp
Memphis Conveniences Useful to Paddlers
Several Challenging Round-trips From Memphis
The Lossahatchie Redman Figure-Eight
The Loosahatchie Roundtrip
Hickman Bar Roundtrip

Upper Delta	737 – 663	MEMPHIS TO HELENA
Middle Delta	663 – 537	HELENA TO GREENVILLE
Lower Delta	537 – 437	GREENVILLE TO VICKSBURG
Loess Bluffs	437 – 225	VICKSBURG TO BATON ROUGE
Atchafalaya River	159 – 0	SIMMESPORT TO MORGAN CITY
Louisiana Delta	229 – 10	BATON ROUGE TO VENICE
Birdsfoot Delta	10 – 0	VENICE TO GULF OF MEXICO