[5] Oregon Route 226 crosses the creek between Crabtree on the south and Scio on the north about 8 miles (13 km) from the mouth.

[5] The unincorporated community of Lacomb lies south of the creek, along one of its tributaries slightly west of the Cascade foothills.

[5] Covering 6 acres (2.4 ha), it has picnic tables, river views, a footbridge, a waterwheel that formerly powered a mill at the site, as well as places to fish and swim.

A 10-mile (16 km) run from the North Fork Bridge to Larwood Park, is rated class 3T or 4 (intermediate or advanced) on the International Scale of River Difficulty.

Hazards include rocks, logs, overhanging limbs, and a dangerous barbed-wire fence across most of the river a few miles downstream of the Route 226 bridge.