The Lower Mississippi River Water Trail

Helena to Greenville

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

St. Francis to Helena
652.5 LBD	Friars Point Landing (Unimproved)
652 – 650 LBD	Friars Point Island
671 – 673 LBD	St. Francis Bar
670 LBD	St. Francis Dikes
669 LBD	Flower Lake Dikes
668 RBD	(A View Of) Crowley’s Ridge
668 – 663 RBD	Buck Island (Prairie Point Towhead)
665.5 LBD	Trotter’s Pass
663 RBD	Helena Harbor
Helena Boat Ramps
663 RBD	Helena-West Helena
Quapaw Canoe Company – Helena Outpost
661	Helena Bridge (Hernando De Soto Bridge – US HWY 49)
657	Yazoo Pass
Helena to Island 63
663 LBD	Leaving Helena Harbor
Fleeted Barges
Small Towns in Harbors
Buoys and Other Stationary Objects
Highlights of Civilizations
Wild Miles
Pollution Within the Helena Industrial Reach
661.6	Helena Bridge (Hernando De Soto Bridge – US HWY 49)
657 LBD	Yazoo Pass
How to Get Into the Old Entrance of the Yazoo Pass
LBD	Alternate Route to Vicksburg: Yazoo Pass
Yazoo Pass Mileage
Rivers & Robert Johnson
656 LBD	East Motezuma Bar
657 – 654 RBD	Montezuma Towhead
654.7 LBD	Montezuma Landing
Shuttle Route Montezuma to Clarksdale
652 LBD	Friars Point
652.5 LBD	Friars Point Landing (Unimproved)
652 – 650 LBD	Friars Point Island
Beavers on the Lower Mississippi River
652.2 RBD	Kangaroo Point
648 LBD	Horseshoe
646 – 649 RBD	Dewberry Island 61
646 – 642	Old Town Bend
641 – 635 LBD	Island 62
640.5 – 637 LBD	Island 63
640.5 LBD	Entrance to Top End of Island 63 Chute
637.5 LBD	Entrance Into Bottom End of Island 63 Chute
637 LBD	Back Channel Island 63
Quapaw Landing
Clarksdale
Island 63 to Hurricane
Muddy Waters Wilderness
637 LBD	Back Channel Island 63
Quapaw Landing
Old Levee at Quapaw
Levee Break Below Quapaw Landing
Great Flood of 2011
637.5 LBD	Island 63 Chute
636 LBD	Burke’s Point
The Flanking Maneuver
634 RBD	Modoc Old River Lake
632 LBD	Robson Towhead
632.5 RBD	Fair Landing
Jackson Cutoff
Sunflower Cutoff
625.6 RBD	Mouth of the Mellwood Lake
624 – 627 LBD	Sunflower Dikes
Diving Duck
624.5 LBD	Mouth of De Soto Lake
621 – 624 LBD	Jug Harris Towhead
620.8 RBD	Mouth of the Chute of Island 68
619 – 621 LBD	Island 68
619 – 621 LBD	Island 67
619.6 BD	Wood Cottage
620 – 617 RBD	Old Levee at Knowlton
616 LBD	Knowlton Crevasse
619 – 609 RBD	Island 69
615.5 RBD	Island 69 Old Back Channel
616 – 614 LBD	Cession’s Towhead
610 LBD	Hurricane Pint (Dennis Landing)
Hurricane to Rosedale
605 – 610 LBD	Island 70
The River Mirage Effect
604 – 601 LBD	Henrico Sandbar
603 – 597	Scrubgrass Bend
601.5 – 598 LBD	Smith Point Sandbar
600.5 LBD	Entrance
598 LBD	Exit
Secret Channel Behind Smith Point Sandbar
599 RBD	Mouth of the White River
The White River
Montgomery Point Lock & Dam
At the Mouth of the White River
How Does a Lock Work?
Arkansas River: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Tulsa
White River National Wildlife Refuge
597.5 – 580 RBD	Big Island
596 – 594	Victoria Bend
592.1 LBD	Terrence Landing
597.5 RBD	Entrance
591 LBD	Exit
RBD Near Mile 3 of the Old Channel of the White
Wreck of the Victor?
Old Channel of the White
Arkansas City Gage (AG)
591 – 587 LBD	Great River Road State Park
587 – 584.5 LBD	Malone Field (Barge Fleeting Area)
594.5 LBD	Mouth of the Rosedale Harbor
Rosedale Harbor
Rosedale, Mississippi
Rosedale to Arkansas City
Arkansas City Gage
585 – 580 RBD	Arkansas Bar
580 RBD	Arkansas River
Paddling Past the Mouth of the Arkansas
A Detour Up & Down the Arkansas
Island Hopping
The Floating Sensation
Circumnavigation of the Big Island (52 Miles; 5-7 Days)
Below the Arkansas Confluence
581 – 576 LBD	Prentiss Sandbar
578.4 RBD	Napoleon Light
574.5 LBD	Mouth of Lake Whittington
575.8 RBD	Caulk Eddy
575 – 572.5 RBD	Caulk Neck Bar
576 – 572	Caulk Neck Cutoff
572 – 567	Cypress Bend
Cypress Bend – Pallid Sturgeon
571 – 567	Catfish Point Bar
568 RBD	Chicot Landing
Reading Google Maps
Approaching Choctaw Island
Choctaw Island Geomorphology
564 – 558	Chocktaw Bar Island
Note on Low-Water Camping
Arkansas City Boat Ramp
561.7 LBD	Easton Landing – Mounds Boat Ramp
560.5 LBD	Mounds Landing
Addendum: Take-Out in Greenville or Lake Village
Best Campsites Along the Lower Mississippi Water Trail
End of Trail

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