Oak Creek Canyon Arizona Map

About Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona

Oak Creek Canyon is a locality in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 442. The population density is 7.5 people per km². Oak Creek Canyon is located at 34.9444°N, 111.7528°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86336.

Oak Creek Canyon reveals itself as a deep, vertical fracture where the earth pulls apart to expose layers of iron-stained sediment and ancient stone. It lies 18.4 miles south-southwest of Flagstaff, AZ (from Flagstaff, AZ: bearing 198°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north of Sedona. Oak Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the canyon floor, cooling the air and sustaining a lush corridor of riparian growth that contrasts sharply with the arid plateaus above. Sunlight catches the sheer, rust-colored walls, turning the morning light into a soft, glowing copper that illuminates the pine needles and moss clinging to the damp rocks. The silence here carries a weight, broken only by the rhythmic pulse of the water as it navigates the smooth, polished stone beds, while in the distance, the silhouette of the Mogollon Rim marks the horizon like a dark, jagged ink line against the pale Arizona sky.

Slide Rock State Park serves as the primary steward of this landscape, preserving the unique geology that once drew early homesteaders to cultivate the canyon’s narrow, fertile banks. The local economy persists through the careful management of this natural legacy, balancing the seasonal movement of visitors who come to walk the nearby Vultee Arch Twenty Two trail with the quiet maintenance of the orchard lands that define the canyon’s agricultural roots. Life in Oak Creek Canyon moves in accordance with the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons, from the monsoon clouds that gather over the high country to the crisp, quiet stillness of winter mornings. Two miles away, the basin of East Pocket holds the memory of the changing climate, while the nearby Section Sixteen Tank waits in the high brush, a small, still mirror reflecting the vast, clear expanse of the sky.

About This Oak Creek Canyon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona. Coordinates: 34.944387, -111.752834. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Oak Creek Canyon includes the ZIP code (86336), telephone area code (928), county seat of Coconino County (Flagstaff), and school district assignment (Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.