Turner's Creek Landing is the premier access point for the lower Sassafras River and a launch site for canoes, kayaks, and power boats along the Sassafras River Water Trail, which runs 18 miles from headwaters near the Route 301 Bridge to the river's mouth between Grove Point and Howell Point before reaching the Chesapeake Bay. The trail passes forested shorelines, farms, and high sandy cliffs, follows parts of the routes of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, and is part of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network. Historically, Turner's Creek was the site of a small community with a granary and several modest homes. In summer, the creek is dominated by the regionally endangered American lotus, whose 8" flowers are the largest in North America. Heading downriver from Turner's Creek, paddlers pass high forested bluffs frequented by bald eagles, ospreys, and blue heron before reaching the mouth of Lloyd Creek three miles away; Lloyd Creek is described as pristine and worth exploring, and with a shuttle paddlers can continue two miles to Betterton or return for a six-mile round trip. The main branch of Turner's Creek extends inland for over one mile and contains several bald eagle nests and a blue heron rookery. From mid-June through October, American lotus overgrows the creek and some sections become non-navigable, with peak bloom from mid-July through mid-August.