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The Mud Island River Park consists of various attractions including the Mississppi River Museum and the River Walk. The Mississippi River Museum features a walk-in replica of a steamboat, steam engines and a paddlewheel, boat models, aquariums, river engineering, transportation on the river, music on the river, civil war on the river, exploration and settlement on the river. The River Walk is a 5-block long replica of the Lower Mississippi river from Cairo, IL, to New Orleans, LA, which you can walk along.
Directions:
Mud Island River Park
125 North Front Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone (901) 576-6666
Toll free (800) 507-6507
Opening hours: Mid April - Memorial Day / Labor Day - end of Oct 10 am - 5 pm (closed Mondays), Memorial Day - Labor Day 10 am - 8 pm, general admission to the park is free, Pay One Price Package admission is $ 8 (includes Mississippi River Museum, roundtrip Monorail ride, guided River Walk tour)
www.mudisland.com
Satellite picture and map at Google Maps:
Mud Island River Park
The Memphis Queen Line fleet consists of the paddlewheeler MEMPHIS QUEEN II, the paddlewheeler MEMPHIS QUEEN III, the ISLAND QUEEN featuring a decorative paddlewheel, the barge MEMPHIS SHOWBOAT and the party barge CITY OF MEMPHIS pushed by the towboat CAPT. J.T. MEANLEY. Operating from March til November, charters all year round.
Directions:
Memphis Queen Line Riverboats
Riverside Drive (boat)
P.O. Box 3188 (office)
Memphis, TN 38173-0188
Phone (901) 527-BOAT
Toll free (800) 221-6197
www.memphisqueen.com
From I-40 take exit 1a and follow Riverside Drive south, from I-55 take exit 12b and follow Riverside Drive north.
Satellite picture and map at Google Maps:
Memphis Queen Line Riverboats
