The United States Forest Service operates several campgrounds, picnic areas, and recreation areas within the canyon. Slide Rock State Park, home to a natural water slide along Oak Creek, is also located within Oak Creek Canyon. Other recreational activities include swimming and fishing in Oak Creek. There are 49 fishable miles along the creek where rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass, small-mouth bass, catfish (channel) and catfish (flathead) can be found. Hiking the many trails that lead into side canyons or up to the rim of the canyon is a popular activity for the area. The trail leading the first 3 miles up the West Fork of Oak Creek, a 14-mile long narrow side canyon, is the most popular trail in the Coconino National Forest.
The canyon is on State Route 89A between Sedona and Flagstaff. Oak Creek Canyon is about 12 miles long, ranging in width from 1 to 2½ miles. The depth of the canyon ranges from 800-2,000 feet. However, due to the faulting that played a major role in its formation, the west rim of the canyon is 700 feet higher than the east rim. The average elevation of the west rim is 7,200 feet while the east rim elevation is 6,500 feet.
The Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona area is second only to Grand Canyon as the most popular tourist destination in Arizona. They are just two hours north of the Phoenix metro area, with temperatures that average 20 degrees cooler than the desert floor.
Pack a picnic lunch and head north on Interstate 17 for a fun cool day or even the whole weekend.
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