This is the standard put-in for paddling the upper Wood River, featuring a large gravel parking lot around a picnic shelter and good access to the west bank for launching hand-carried boats like canoes and kayaks.

The narrow, winding river offers flatwater/slow-moving conditions suitable for novices, with the first takeout 4 miles downstream at Barberville Dam; note that the river can be scratchy in low water conditions.

Approximately 40 parking spaces are available, and the site is marked as a DEM fishing access area located just after crossing the Wood River on Route 165.