Kiamichi River, Rattan Landing, Oklahoma F
This kayak route map launches at Rattan Landing on Highway 3 just a few miles east of Antlers Oklahoma. From this launch you can go north or south on the Kiamichi River. Several earlier trips went south into the Hugo Lake WMA. The trip here goes north towards Antlers, OK, and turned around at the point of a rocky area along Cedar Creek. The gradient of the river in the northward direction is a little steeper than the southward direction, there were a few riffles. Some of these could be paddled up but three or four involved pulling the boat up through (pictures below). The USGS flow rate this trip was ~750 cfs Kiamichi at Antlers. Saw a few otters playing along Cedar Creek.
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Above: The Rattan Landing launch had just been bulldozed.
Above: Typical look on the Kiamichi River
Above: A disintegrating boulder.
Above: John Wesley Powell lite.
Above: The footing is uncertain and the rocks are hard.
Above: Find the otters.
Above: More fun going downstream.
