Per hike description reference waypoints, we are headed down to Pinal Creek Canyon from here; Views of Pinal Creek as it makes it way NW "down stream" to the Salt River and around the corner to FR288- the Salt River Bridge Crossing; We will be hiking "up stream" (SW) in this canyon but our initial Pinal Creek visit took us down to this in-view section of the Pinal Creek Canyon [ photo ] ;