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Rose Garden

Rose Garden from directly overhead

Rose Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,194 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Merritt Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.72937, -118.15810
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 35
Historic sites: 19
  • Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Camouflage Net Factory: 0.7 mi
  • Donald D. Brooks: 9.1 mi
  • Cousin Jack: 9.8 mi
  • Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Chicken Ranch: 5.9 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 6.7 mi
  • Boot Arch: 6.8 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 7.0 mi
  • Iron Man (movie site): 7.1 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Japanese Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Arai Pond: 0.1 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Kado's Garden: 0.3 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Mobius Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Heart Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 8.8 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 7
  • Paul's Paradise: 8.9 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Chocolate Block: 10.3 mi
  • Rock Candy Tower: 10.4 mi
  • Tootsie Pop Tower: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Hot springs: 7
  • Children's Tub: 21.9 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 21.9 mi
  • Bat Pool: 21.9 mi
  • Sunrise Pool: 22.0 mi
  • Kern Hot Spring: 22.1 mi
Parks: 5
Museums: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Paiute Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 9.7 mi
  • Bat Pole: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WhitneySW 216°4,419.6 m12.8 mi
Mount WilliamsonWSW 239°4,383 m9.9 mi
Keeler NeedleSW 215°4,361.2 m12.9 mi
Crooks PeakSW 215°4,341.7 m13.0 mi
Lewis PeakSW 214°4,306.7 m13.0 mi
Mount RussellSW 217°4,296 m12.1 mi
Aiguille ExtraSW 214°4,289 m13.1 mi
Mount TyndallWSW 243°4,275 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:3519:3720:16
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice07:0216:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Desert Spiny Lizard24 obs
  • Sacred Datura19 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard16 obs
  • Frémont Cottonwood14 obs
  • desert dandelion14 obs
  • Wapiti14 obs
  • Fourwing Saltbush9 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10966798556

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