The name is derived from the Czech words skála and skalnatý ('rock', 'rocky') and refers to the character of the river bed.

The river further flows through the municipal territories of Věšín, Chrást, Březnice, Nestrašovice, Počaply, Myslín, Mirovice, Horosedly, Nerestce, Čimelice, Rakovice, Smetanova Lhota, Ostrovec and Varvažov.

[2] Several fishponds are built directly on the upper course of the Skalice, in the area of Rožmitál pod Třemšínem.

[4] The spring and the first kilometres of the Skalice are located within the Brdy Protected Landscape Area.

Its original southern part has not been preserved, but it is still valued for its architectural and structural qualities.