The scenery on this river is remarkably consistent, typified by a wooded bluff on one side and fields and farms on the other. The river is also consistent with a generally strong current broken by an occasional, tiny riffle. Unfortunately the river banks suffer from strewn trash and the water suffers from agricultural pollution. One exception is an easy rapid through the remains of a low rubble dam near Buckeysville. The route ends at the beautiful white arches of the old C&O Canal aqueduct.