Chart Your Course
Learn History 101 with this 27mile trip will take you the length of the bayou from Lake D’Arbonne to the Ouachita River. Launch at the Lake D’Arbonne Spillway (North) off of Hwy 2.
Compass Coordinates
Behind Spillway 32.7129/92.3388
Francis Creek 32.7001/92.2702 (6.6)
Rocky Branch 32.6786/92.2356 (12)
Lake Drain Rd 32.6583/92.2409 (14.6)
Holland Bluff 32.6318/92.2136 (17.9)
Whites Ferry 32.5724/92154.6 (25.7)
Ouachita River 32.568/92.1445 (26.S)
Prospecting Treasure
One beyond Rocky Branch, you enter the D’Arbonne Refuge. Find the map online and few more coves to explore.
Castaway Dangers
Look for some sizeable 4-6 ft alligator gar that may shadow your boat.
Scouting History
Before there were roads, this bayou was transportation for steamboats shipping goods and people to Monroe.
Lies and Legends
Read about the sunken ship and other bayou stories in the book Bayou Diversity written by Rocky Branch native and biologist Kelby Ouchley.
