Walker Creek is a stream in

Apache County, Arizona Apache County is in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns. Most of the county is occupied by part ...

. Its mouth is at an elevation of at its confluence with Chinle Creek. Its source is located at , the confluence of

Alcove Canyon Alcove Canyon is a valley in Apache County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The valley lies southwest of the Carrizo Mountains and extends to Walker Creek. The head of the canyon is at and the confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''con ...

and Tah Chin Lini Canyon in the Carrizo Mountains, from which it flows west and northwest to Chinle Creek at . Hogansaani Spring, a tributary, is located on the south side of Walker Creek, at an elevation of , midway downstream Walker Creek to its confluence with Chinle Creek.

History

Walker Creek was named in 1915 by Herbert E. Gregory for Captain Walker's Expedition of 1859. Part of its length was followed by the Armijo Route of the Old Spanish Trail.

References

{{authority control Rivers of Apache County, Arizona Old Spanish Trail (trade route) Rivers of Arizona