Left Hand Prong,

Headwaters to Victor Road (8.5 miles)

Gauge Information

River Description

Quick Facts:
Location: NW, approximately 66 miles ESE from Fayetteville, 88 miles NNE of Little Rock.
Shuttle Length: 9.6 miles. (See details in "Directions" Tab.)

Put-in elevation is approximately 1507'.
Take-out elevation is approximately 863'.
Thus total elevation change is approximately 644'.

Information (lat, lng, elev, total drop, run length, shuttle length) adjusted and/or verified from best manual extrapolation of online data (via maps.google.com, distance measuring tool, and other resources). 2009.01.25

Note: The combination of Steep banks and lots of dead red oak trees (thanks to the borer beetle infestation) tend to clog the creek with wood from time to time, so keep look out.

2.15 Miles on the Left Hand Prong and then 6.35 miles on the North Fork Illinois Bayou to the Victor Road bridge. (Note: Gradient figures cited at top of description are just for LHP. The overall run will be 76 FFM average.)

The creek starts out small until joining with the Right Hand Prong and Cedar Creek. Most drops are tight continuous class II-III in nature but a few IVs are scattered in for good measure. Scenery is excellent!

More info and photos at
Left Hand Prong, Lance's Whitewater Page
and
Ozark Whitewater Page