This run starts out pleasantly meandering through attractive woods and pastureland and past some pretty rock formations. The water is swift, muddy, and spotted with many easy riffles. This all ends and about four miles of deadwater paddling is required through Lake Linganore. As you paddle across the lake, the scenery changes as the shorelines are packed with homes. Once you get back on the creek, the current picks up to its swift pace and the natural scenery gradually reappears as you pass in and out of short, wooded gorges. The take-out is one and a half miles down the Monocacy River at Pinecliff Park. One portage is required at Linganore Dam and it is easiest to carry on the left riverbank.