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Stream in Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinle Creek is a tributary stream of the San Juan River in Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah. Its source is at 36°53′40″N 109°44′37″W, the confluence of Laguña Creek and the Chinle Wash arroyo. Its name is derived from the Navajo word ch'inili meaning 'where the waters came out. Its sources is in Canyon de Chelly National Monument where Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto have their confluence at an elevation of 5,616 feet at 36°08′35″N 109°29′17″W. It then trends northwest to its confluence with Laguña Creek where it forms Chinle Creek, 7 miles northeast of Dennehotso, Arizona at an elevation of 4,774 feet (1,455 meters).[1]
Its mouth is at its confluence with the San Juan River at 37°11′53″N 109°42′57″W at an elevation of 4,229 feet (1,289 m), 9 miles northeast of Mexican Hat, Utah.[2]
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