Energetic hikers who lack the urge to do out-and-out rock climbing should enjoy the Pine Creek Canyon Trail , which sets off a little less than eleven miles from the visitor center. From the trailhead, look down and to the left to see the row of ponderosa pines that reveals the presence of Pine Creek. Reaching the ruined homesite beside it takes around twenty minutes, along a sandy-red footpath fringed with cactuses.
The clear stream itself, rippling over red-rock boulders and lined with lush flowers, can be accessed via various imprecise trails. The main trail, on the other hand, continues up to the right. Keeping going all the way to the foot of a red-capped monolith that divides two forked canyons will give you a total round-trip hike of roughly five miles.