Big Eddy is a stretch of rapids in St. Francis County, Arkansas, in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain region. It lies about 9.1 miles northeast of Forrest City and roughly 36.2 miles west of New South Memphis as the crow flies.
The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is the flat, farmed floodplain of the lower Mississippi with bottomland hardwood swamps and essentially no natural waterfalls.
St. Francis County holds 2 recorded rapids, and several are close by. Gibson Eddy, is about 5.5 miles away.
Big Eddy is located at 35.1154° N, 90.6954° W. The listing is based on the USGS Geographic Names Information System, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this rapid yet.