Hog Canyon is one of the largest tributaries of North Wash, near the upper end of Lake Powell, and is different to other drainages hereabouts as it contains a permanent stream, bordered by reeds, bamboo, oak and cottonwood trees for 2 miles, as far as the source of the water at a series of springs. The creek forms pools, cascades and smooth channels where the water flows over exposed, thin-bedded sandstone