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Around Walnut Creek
- Visit Wupatki PuebloFront-Country Hiking · 5-30 Minutes21.2 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Visit Wukoki PuebloFront-Country Hiking · 5-15 Minutes22.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Antelope House Ranger-Led HikeOff-Trail Permitted Hiking · Reservation required23.6 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Crack-In-Rock Ranger-Led HikeOff-Trail Permitted Hiking · 6-8 Hours23.6 mi (opens in a new tab)
Before you go
- LotteryWupatki National Monument Crack-in-the-Rock Overnight Hike Lottery
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USDA Forest Service · Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)
About this river
Walnut Creek is a 33.4 mile river near Rivers & Oceans in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Newman Canyon above Upper Lake Mary, AZ (site 09400815). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2014 to 2026
Walnut Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 4.6 cfs, and lowest in April, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 765 cfs, in 2019.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.8 |
| February | 0.7 | 0.0 to 10 |
| March | 4.6 | 0.0 to 33 |
| April | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.5 |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 12 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Newman Canyon above Upper Lake Mary, AZ (site 09400815). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Walnut Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Lake Mary - 1Lake MaryPublic
- Lake Mary (Upper)Lake Mary (Upper)Public
- Lake Mary - 2Lake MaryPublic
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