You will need to unload your canoe, then park at the lot on Falls Road, one quarter mile south of the creek. Kayakers may be interested in paddling the section between Prettyboy Dam and Falls Road. While the river is inaccessible from the dam, you may access it by parking at the gated fire road on Falls Road and carrying your kayak one-quarter mile along the Highland Trail to the river. This puts you one-half mile downstream of the dam at the end of a long straightaway. If parking is a problem, there is also the option of shortening the trip and putting in at Masemore Road 0.8 mile downstream.
Parking there is available streamside.
Take-out at Big Falls Road, which is reached via a right turn onto York Road from Mount Carmel Road, a left turn from York Road onto Monkton Road, and a left turn onto Big Falls Road. All other road crossings for take-outs farther downstream are on private property until you reach Sparks Road. Water Conditions Canoeable winter and spring within three or four days of a hard rain. Sometimes canoeable in early summer, provided that the Prettyboy Reservoir is full. During dry spells, the amount of river flow from the dam is not sufficient for boating.