The Lower Mississippi River Water Trail

Greenville Gauge and is especially turbulent over these dikes between 25 and 30.  As the river rises even further the turbulence smooths out and the water speed increases.  The three islands become smaller and the sand disappears until only a small dunes are found along the highest tops, notably at the top of the bottomost island, near RBD 508.

 

Paddler’s Choices through Cracraft Chute & Sarah’s Cutoff

 

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In the twenty-mile river run through Kentucky Bend, Cracraft Chute and Sarah’s Cutoff canoeists, kayakers and stand up paddleboarders (SUPs) will discover one of the wildest and most beautiful sections of river anywhere along the Lower Mississippi River. Kentucky Bar and Leota Bar offer good camping at all water levels.  Great back channels and old river chutes to explore along the way. 

 

Main Channel

The main channel meanders to and fro from Arkansas to Mississippi and back again, eventually entering Louisiana.  Following the strong flow around the outside of Kentucky Bend the paddler should make a crossing over to right bank descending below Grand Lake and then follow the flow back into middle channel, then left bank five miles down  towards Carolina Chute, and on around Cracraft Bar into Sarah Cutoff.

 

Back Channel of Kentucky Bar

Leave the main channel near mile 520 well above Kentucky Bar and enter its wide mouth for a beautiful six mile back channel run.  Possible campsites in medium water, but no sandy locations at high water.

 

Back Channel of Island 88

Ten mile loop around the perimeter of Island 88.  Only possible in high water levels, above 37 on the Greenville Gauge.  Beware of water falling over low road around 35GG.

 

Leota Back Channel

At high water levels canoeists or kayakers can hug the left bank descending below Kentucky Bend and follow the currents behind Leota.  Possible back channel campsites up to flood stage.

 

Cracraft Back Channel

At medium water above 30GG the back channel of Cracraft opens up with slow flow over the dikes, good flow at 40GG.

 

Bunch’s Cutoff RBD 503.5

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SECTION MILE ACCESS CITY
Middle Mississippi & Bluegrass Hills / Bootheel 195-0, 954-850 ST. LOUIS TO CARUTHERSVILLE
Chickasaw Bluffs 850 – 737 CARUTHERSVILLE TO MEMPHIS
Upper Delta 737 – 663 MEMPHIS TO HELENA
Middle Delta 663 – 537 HELENA TO GREENVILLE
Lower Delta 537 – 437 GREENVILLE TO VICKSBURG
Introduction  
Greenville to Lake Providence
Greenville, Mississippi  
Greenville Accomodations and Restaurants  
Greenville Blues Festivals  
Greenville Boat Ramp  
Greenville Harbor  
537 LBD Warfield Point Park
537 LBD Old Warfield Point Boat Ramp
537 LBD New Warfield Point Boat Ramp
537 LBD New Warfield Point Boat Ramp
534 LBD Vaucluse Landing
531.5 RBD Sunny Side Landing
530.7 LBD Greenville Bridge
529 – 525.5 LBD Lakeport Towhead / American Bar
525 LBD American Cut-Off / Lake Lee
Lake Lee Public Boat Ramp  
Options for Paddlers Below Greenville Bridge Near American Bar and Lake Lee  
Lake Washington  
523 – 520 RBD Island 68
519 – 515 RBD Kentucky Bend
515 – 512 LBD Leota Bar / Cracraft Chute
514 – 512 RBD Worthington Cutoff, Matthews Bend, Grand Lake, Island 88
512 RBD (And Up Back Channel) Grand Lake Landing Boat Ramp
510 – 506 RBD Cracraft Bar
Paddler’s Choices Through Cracraft Chute & Sarah’s Cutoff  
Entering Louisiana  
503.5 RBD Bunch’s Cutoff
503 RBD Chute of Old River Lake
505 – 502 LBD Corregidor Bar
500 – 495 RBD Wilson Point Bar
496 LBD Tennis Court Landing
Vicksburg Gage  
Water Levels and Dikes  
494 – 487 LBD Baleshead / Stack Island / Ben Lamond
Two Stack Islands?  
Lake Providence  
Lake Providence Landings  
Paddler’s Choices in the Mayersville – Lake Providence Area  
487 – 481 LBD Shipland Wildlife Management Area
Lake Providence to Vicksburg
Vicksburg Gage  
Water Levels and Dikes  
Water Levels and Dikes  
Lake Providence  
Lake Providence Landing  
Paddler’s Choices in the Mayersville – Lake Providence Area  
487 – 481 LBD Shipland Wildlife Management Area
480 – 474 Fitler Bend
471 – 465 Arcadia Point Bar / Cottonwood Bar
Paddler’s Routes Arcadia Point Bar / Cottonwood Bar  
462 – 459 RBD Willow Island
461 LBD Chotard Lake Terrapin Neck Cutoff
Laney’s Landing  
459 LBD 2010 F-4 Tallulah – Yazoo Tornado
458.8 LBD Eagle Lake Pass
458 LBD Tara Landing
457 RBD Madison Parish Port and Public Boat Launch
Bluz Cruz Kayak and Canoe Race  
Willow Island, Chotard Lake, and Eagle Lake: Paddler’s Routes  
458 – 449 Milliken Bend
449 – 445 RBD Sparta Island
449 – 445 RBD Marshall Cutoff
446.5 LBD Paw Paw Chute
The “Heart of the Darkness” Tour  
Around Paw Paw to Forest Home Chute  
Paw Paw to Vicksburg Via the Yazoo  
Steele Bayou Control Structure  
What Are the Paw Paws  
Paw Paw Chute / Sparta / Brown’s Point: Paddler’s Routes  
445 – 442 Brown’s Point
444 Brown’s Point Fault Line
441 – 438.5 RBD Delta Point Bar
Habitat Restoration on the Lower Miss  
438 RBD King’s Point / Secret Entrance Into Lake Centennia
437.7 LBD Mouth of the Yazoo River
Vicksburg  
Vicksburg Services and Accommodations  
Vicksburg Services, Accommodations, and Restaurants  
Looking Downstream  
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