Snake Creek is a 11.7-mile-long (18.8 km)[2] southeastward-flowing stream tributary to the middle section of the Provo River in Wasatch County, Utah.

Hot pots are formed by natural hot-water springs that create crater-like depressions in mounds of tufa (calcium carbonate).

[5] Snake Creek originates on the southeastern slope of Sunset Peak, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Brighton.

From here Snake Creek flows southward through the city of Midway on the western edge of the Heber Valley.

[citation needed] Since 1995 most of Snake Creek Canyon has been protected, beginning with 758 acres purchased by Utah Open Lands, the Snake Creek Preservation Society, The Nature Conservancy and the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation.