It rises in two forks in Floyd County near the Blue Ridge Parkway.

It flows NNW along the Floyd/Montgomery County line and then along the Pulaski/Montgomery County line and joins the New River just downstream from the Claytor Lake dam in Pulaski County near the city of Radford.

The middle and lower portion of this very scenic waterway is suitable for paddling mostly in the spring or after heavy rains.

Portions are stocked with trout by the Virginia Division of Game and Inland Fisheries.

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