Boating
Enjoy Our Many Wonderful Waters
From the Mississippi to our many lakes and streams, we’re the perfect place to boat, canoe, or kayak. Carroll County is also home to a number of boat dealers who offer repairs and full lines of accessories. We also have many outfitters who can provide you with a wide variety of rental options.
Great Places to Boat or Paddle
Big Slough Recreational Area
A two-lane boat launch gives access to the Mississippi and a backwater pool; canoe access, bank fishing, picnic sites, and a nearby campground.
Frog Pond
A small but fun recreational area near Savanna that’s perfect for canoeing and kayaking. Includes a wheelchair accessible fishing platform and great birding, fishing, and picnicking.
Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center
This 50,000-acre refuge has boat launches and is great for peaceful boating and canoeing/kayaking. Ashore you’ll find places to bike, picnic, and a gift shop.
Marquette Park
This seven-acre park is located on the Mississippi River with boat launches, places to fish, picnic, and bike.
Miller’s Hollow Piers
Not only is it located near the Mississippi River, but this spot is also on the edge of Buffalo Lake and Mississippi Palisades State-Park, a great place to have a rest on land.
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Get the best of both worlds in this 2,400-acre park, with high bluff river views above and boat launches below. Plenty to do ashore, too: Biking, birding, camping, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing.
Savanna Marina
Enjoy the perks of this marina, such as dry docking, overnight boat tie-ups, annual campsites, winter storage, concessions, showers, restrooms, bait, and much more.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Thomson Causeway Recreation Area
Here you’ll find a boat ramp with access to the main channel and backwaters, three picnic shelters, and horseshoe pits.