Deer Creek is a census-designated place in Gila County in the U.S. state of Arizona.

Deer Creek is located almost directly between the community of Tonto Basin and the town of Payson near Arizona State Route 87.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 1.744 square miles (4.52 km2), all land.

The remains of David Gowan, a well-known pioneer, were buried just where they were found beside the North Fork of Deer Creek, close to Bars Canyon.

(There is a different Deer Creek in the Grand Canyon which flows into the Colorado River.)