The West Clear Creek Wilderness is a 15,238-acre (6,167 ha) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. West Clear Creek is formed by the junction of Willow Creek and Clover Creek in the Mogollon Rim, which is part of the

Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area of ...

; the Mogollon Rim is the major part of the

Arizona transition zone The Arizona transition zone is a diagonal northwest-by-southeast region across central Arizona. The region is a transition from the higher-elevation Colorado Plateau in Northeast Arizona and the Basin and Range region of lower-elevation deserts ...

at the southwest of the Colorado Plateau of Utah-Colorado, Arizona-New Mexico. Located east of Camp Verde, the area is part of Coconino National Forest. Common activities in West Clear Creek are swimming, camping, backpacking, hunting, fishing, and hiking. A variety of plants and animals can be found year-round, along with extremely cold water.

External links

National Forest Service: West Clear Creek

West Clear Creek Wilderness @ Wilderness.net

HikeArizona.com – West Clear Creek Trail #17

Arizona Boating Locations Facilities Map

Arizona Lake Levels

Video of West Clear Creek
{{Authority control Mogollon Rim Protected areas of Coconino County, Arizona Protected areas of Yavapai County, Arizona Wilderness areas of Arizona Canyons and gorges of Arizona Coconino National Forest Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Landforms of Yavapai County, Arizona Protected areas established in 1984 1984 establishments in Arizona

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