[3] It flows generally north-northeast from the Bradshaw Mountains of west-central Arizona through the city of Prescott and the Granite Dells to meet the river at the north end of the Little Chino Valley east of Sullivan Lake.

[6] Granite Creek begins in the Prescott National Forest as an intermittent stream in the Bradshaw Mountains of west-central Arizona.

It flows briefly southeast, then curves generally north, passing under Arizona State Route 89, which then runs along its left.

From here the creek meanders north-northeast through Little Chino Valley past Prescott Municipal Airport, which is on the left.

Granite Creek enters the Verde River between Sullivan Lake and Muldoon Canyon.