The main canyons contain water to within a couple of miles of their confluence as well as abundant small to large campsites on sandy benches beneath cottonwoods and overhangs. They vary from broad valley bottoms of sandy gravel to narrow slickrock chutes only a couple of feet wide. Most people hike the loop clockwise from Owl to Fish Creek because it is a lot easier to get out of Fish Creek than into it, and because the trailhead is adjacent to the head of Owl Creek. From the trailhead drop into the nearby wash and follow it to the right to the rim of Owl Creek. Look for cairns leading to a slickrock chute left of a pouroff, passing an Anasazi cliff dwelling in an alcove to the right.
Cairns mark a ledge rock route left of a second pouroff, quickly dropping to the canyon floor.
For the next few miles a series of waterfalls and deep pools grace the canyon bottom down to the impressive Nevill's Arch, which eroded high on a jutting fin of Cedar Mesa sandstone. In some instances priceless archeological sites have been vandalized. But damage also stems from innocent hiker impacts. A vital part of no-trace camping is ethical backcountry archaeology, which is mostly a matter of common sense. Never camp within ruins or any type of cultural site.