Chinle Creek

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 / 36.89444°N 109.74361°W / 36.89444; -109.74361, 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.

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 / 37.19806°N 109.71583°W / 37.19806; -109.71583 at an elevation of 4,229 feet (1,289 m), 9 miles northeast of Mexican Hat, Utah.