Paddling near Jonesboro, AR

Set in Craighead County in the flat Delta of northeast Arkansas, Jonesboro opens onto a dense web of rivers, bayous, oxbow lakes, and wetlands built for flatwater paddling. Drifting through bottomland hardwood forests and cypress-tupelo swamps defines the local scene, anchored by AGFC water trails like Bayou DeView and the St. Francis Sunken Lands, plus the spring-fed Spring River to the northwest.