The unsigned parking area and trailhead located along the west side of Blue Diamond Highway.
The trail begins at the bottom of the parking area behind an unsigned gate.
Joshua trees are among the desert plants lining the trail.
Joshua trees along the Oak Creek Canyon Trail.
Cholla beneath a mountain at the mouth of the canyon.
Indian paintbrush is among the wildflowers that can be seen along the trail.
Just before entering the canyon, the trail leaves the basin and drops into the Oak Creek wash.
Beyond the trail, the creek wash offers a good amount of shade and areas to sit, which are nonexistent along the trail.
The wash feels far removed from the hot arid desert of the main trail.
The final stretch to the spring can be overgrown and may take some searching to find a way through.
Oak Creek Spring surfaces from an often dry creek bed, and it fills a small pool before flowing down the creek.