In late 2010, the Wayne National Forest Ironton Ranger District, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Watercraft, and the Symmes Creek Restoration Committee celebrated the opening of the Arabia Canoe Launch located near Arabia along Symmes Creek. Funding for the public launch site came from an ODNR grant and will be maintained in partnership with the Symmes Creek Restoration Committee. There is public parking and a launch ramp available. A grocery store and restaurant are located one mile away on SR 141. The site is one of six launch sites located along the Art S. Ferguson Canoe Trail, which follows 32 miles of Symmes Creek in Lawrence County from Arabia to the Chesapeake launch on the Ohio River. Launch sites are also available in Aid, Willow Wood, Getaway, Sky Lake, and Chesapeake. Please be respectful to private and public landowners who have granted permission for you to launch from their sites.