kayaking the Arkansas River

[Wendy]

Hi! I am a relative new member to the ACC and to kayaking in general. My interest right now lies in kayaking on the Arkansas River, which I have been doing for about three months. It has been a learning process for me. For other novices, such as myself, who have an interest in kayaking on the Arkansas, I have created a blog about my experiences on it. I would love to post other people's experiences as well. Many people shy away from the Arkansas River, but so far I have found it to be pretty awesome. I hope to meet other people who think so too. The blog site is http://kayakthearkansas.weebly.com/index.html.

Thanks! Wendy Hedrick

[Colt]

I just started paddling the Arkansas this summer. I prefer waters with a little more current, but when the water is low I went to the Arkansas river several times. On one trip I went upstream from Little Rock towards the Natural Steps. The Natural Steps are on private property, and from what I could see in the water they were rather unimpressive, but there's an interesting island just across from it. There's also some pretty good views of Pinnacle Mountain along that stretch.

[Wendy]

Thanks for the recommendation! I think I found the island you are referring to on Google Maps. I have not made it that far up the river, but I will make sure I check it out now. Where did you launch from? Maumelle Park?

[Richard]

It really is amazing what you might find on the Arkansas River.
And speaking of Christopher Columbus . . . Nov 2007 near Cadron Settlement

[potterspoint434]

Wendy
I was nice meeting you on the Arkansas River the other day
Fall paddling on the River is great, plenty of colors and wild life .
I always check the water flow before I go out. This been a very unusual year since there has
been hardly any flow since May.
I will paddle it up to about 90k after that it makes it pretty wild around down town around the bridges.
Here is where I check
http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/pages/ ... m/ld07.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
See ya on the River
wwwpaddlearkansas.com