The Lower Mississippi River Water Trail

Memphis to Helena

Lower Mississippi River Map

SECTIONMILEACCESS CITY
Middle Mississippi & Bluegrass Hills / Bootheel195-0, 954-850ST. LOUIS TO CARUTHERSVILLE
Chickasaw Bluffs850 – 737CARUTHERSVILLE TO MEMPHIS
Upper Delta737 – 663MEMPHIS TO HELENA
Introduction 
Memphis to Tunica
736 LBDMemphis, Tennessee, Mud Island Harbor
Buoys and Docks 
Floating Underneath a Bridge 
734.7Lower Bridges/Engineer’s Bar
734.7The Frisco Bridge
734.7The Harahan Bridge
734.7The Ghost Bunker
734.7The Old Bridge (Memphis & Arkansas Bridge)
733President’s Island
Fleeted Barges 
732 LBDHole in the Wall ##2
727.3TVA Transmission Lines
727.3 RBDThe Wreck of the Raft
Tennessee Valley Authority 
725.5 LBDEntrance to McKellar Lake
7 Miles Up harbor Riverside Park Marina On McKellar Lake 
724T.E. Maxon Wastewater Treatement Facility
Paddler’s Routes Below Memphis 
727 – 712Dismal Point/Ensley Bar/Cow Island Bend Area
726 – 717Armstrong/Dismal Point/Ensley Bar
720Josie Harry Bar
718 – 713Cow Island Bend
Goodbye Tennessee, Hullo Mississippi 
The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta and the Blues 
711 – 705Cat Island No.50
710.8 LBDStarr Landing
712 – 695Paddler’s Routes Around Cat Island and the Casinos
Pickett Dikes Back Channel 
639.8 RBDTunica Riverpark Museum Boat Ramp
Tunica Riverpark Museum 
Basket Bar Dikes/Porter lake Dikes 
693.8 RBDLost Lake Pass
703Buck Island (No. 53)
701Gold Strike Casino
700Fitzgerald’s Casino
Tunica to Helena
700Basket Bar
Paddler’s Routes Through Commerce and Mhoon Bends 
695 – 690Commerce Bend
692.5 RBDPeter’s Boat Ramp
690Rabbit Island
Switching to thhe Helena Gage 
Dikes and Water Levels 
687.5Mhoon Landing
689 – 685Mhoon Bar
690 – 683Mhoon Bend
682 – 679Whiskey Chute/Walnut Bend
680Whitehall Crevasse
Paddler’s Routes Below Walnut Bend 
Stumpy Island, Shoo Fly Bar and Tunica Lake 
Main Channel 
677.4 LBDTunica Runout
Behind Shoo Fly Bar 
Stumpy Island 
Walnut Bend Boat Ramp 
Tunica Lake Boat Ramp 
679 RBDWalnut Bend Boat Ramp
679 – 677Hardin Cut-Off
677.4 LBDPass Into Tunica Lake
677 – 676Shoo Fly Bar
677 – 674Stumpy Island
674.5Harbert Point
672 RBDMouth of the St. Francis River
Primitive Landing at the Mouth of the St. Francis Rive – Conditions 
RBD 3 Miles up St. Francis RiverThree Mile Ramp
Daytrip: St. Francis to Helena 
St. Francis to Helena: Paddler’s Descriptions 
For Intermedite Paddlers: Right Bank Route 
For Expert Paddlers: Left Bank Route 
St. Francis River 
671 – 673 LBDSt. Francis Bar
669 LBDFlower Lake Dikes
668 RBD(A View of) Crowley’s Ridge D
668-663 RBDBuck Island (Prairie Point Towhead)
668-663 RBDBuck Island (Prairie Point Towhead)
665.5 LBDTrotter’s Pass
663 RBDHelena Harbor
Helena Boat Ramps 
663 RBDHelena-West Helena
Quapaw Canoe Company – Helena Outpost 
Helena’s “Low Road” Into St. Francis National Forest 
King Biscuit Blues Festival (2nd Week of October) 
Helena to Friars
661.6Helena Bridge (Hernando De Soto Bridge – US HWY 49)
663 RBDLeaving Helena Harbor
Fleeted Barges 
Small Towns in Harbors 
Buoys and Other Stationary Objects 
Highlights of Civilization 
Pollution Within the Helena Industrial Reach 
661.6Helena Bridge (Hernando De Soto Bridge – US HWY 49)
657 LBD 
How to Get Into the Old Entrance of the Yazoo Pass 
LBD: Alternate Route to Vicksburg: Yazoo Pass 
Yazoo Pass Milage 
Rivers & Robert Johnson 
656 LBDEast Montezuma Bar
657 – 654 RBDMontezuma Towhead
654.7 LBDMontezuma Landing
Shuttle Route Montezuma to Clarksdale 
652 LBDFriars Point
652.2 LBDFriars Point Landing (Unimproved)
What’s to Come Further Downstream 
Appendix 
Middle Delta663 – 537HELENA TO GREENVILLE
Lower Delta537 – 437GREENVILLE TO VICKSBURG
Loess Bluffs437 – 225VICKSBURG TO BATON ROUGE
Atchafalaya River159 – 0SIMMESPORT TO MORGAN CITY
Louisiana Delta229 – 10BATON ROUGE TO VENICE
Birdsfoot Delta10 – 0VENICE TO GULF OF MEXICO