First Water Creek - Superstition Mountains

I started my hike at 1:40 PM. From my parking spot on AZ88 to First Water Creek took me 17 minutes. It was 101 degrees at the creek. Then I hiked about a quarter mile up the canyon and that took 15 minutes. Next I took my clothes off and got in the water and continued up stream to a deep pool that was perfect for swimming. My hike was 1.5 miles round-trip, and it took me 2 hours.

First Water Creek is an intermittent desert drainage that descends from the interior upland valleys through a rugged, craggy volcanic gorge before terminating in the lower canyon submerged and influenced by Canyon Lake's fluctuating reservoir levels. It has a high flash flood potential.