Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located east of Highway 88, between the town of Slave Lake and the hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of 520 metres. This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River First Nation reserve.