The route heads east and immediately crosses over a small stream before paralleling the Brush Creek and passing through agricultural lands.

After the brief concurrency, SR 518 continues east still paralleling the West Fork Little Beaver Creek as it passes through more farmland with occasional forested areas.

At the border of Wayne and Madison Townships, SR 518 passes an abandoned rest area and intersects Black Road.

[11][12] In 1958, ODOT built a rest area at mile marker 7.72 (12.42 km) commemorating the site of the surrender of John Hunt Morgan, the northernmost location Confederate troops advanced during the Civil War.

[15] The small rest area would remain until 1999 when the site was abandoned by ODOT due to a lack of a septic system for the restrooms.