Starts in Loudonville Ohio on the Mohican river and
continues south meeting the Walhonding and Muskingum rivers
The Muskingum river dumps into the Ohio river in Marietta,
Ohio.
The Ohio rives runs over 800 miles and merges with the
Mississippi river in Cairo, IL.
The Mississippi river trudges dam free 850 miles
downstream into New Orleans.
The intercostal waterway runs 385 miles from New Orleans
into Houston
From Houston backtrack on the ICW and turn North on the
Atchafalaya river.
The Atchafalaya river runs North 170 miles and dumps into the Mississippi river near Torras, LA .
The Mississippi river UPSTREAM over 850 miles to the Missouri river near St Louis.
The Missouri river UPSTREAM 2,315 miles to where the Madison and Jefferson rivers meet to form the
Missouri River
Back downstream on the Missouri to the Mississippi river
Back down the Mississippi river to the Ohio River
UPSTREAM on the Ohio river to the Muskingum River
Up the Muskingum to the Walhonding and Mohican Rivers ending where it started in Loudonville.
Distance in miles
Waterways Downstream Upstream Total
Mohican 17 17 34
Walhonding 24 24 48
Muskingum 112 112 224
Ohio 802 802 1,604
Mississippi 1,063 853 1916
Intercostal Hou 385* 286* 671*
Atchafalaya -- 170 170
Missouri 2,315 2,315 4,630
TOTALS 4,333 4,293 9,297
**Intercostal waterway from New Orleans to Houston is mostly
netural water and not added to the up and downstream miles