Division Creek Rest Area
Division Creek Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,173 m. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Blackrock Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
10 mi. N. of Independence
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Point: 4.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 5.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 6.8 mi
- Colosseum Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 0.5 mi
- Hines Spring: 2.3 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 3.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 4.7 mi
- Little Seeley Spring: 5.0 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 21.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 22.4 mi
- Boot Arch: 22.5 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 22.6 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 22.8 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 3.6 mi
- Prospect: 4.8 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Monola: 13.6 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 15.9 mi
- Arai Pond: 15.6 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 15.7 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
- Barracks Garden: 16.0 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 14.9 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 15.0 mi
- First Falls: 16.7 mi
- Second Falls: 17.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 17.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 15.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Great Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 24.1 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 24.5 mi
- Mobius Arch: 23.8 mi
- Lathe Arch: 23.9 mi
- Heart Arch: 23.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 24.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 24.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 9.9 mi
- Independence Park: 10.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 15.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 15.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 15.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 10.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 10.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 16.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 10.6 mi
- Bend City: 10.7 mi
- San Carlos: 11.7 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 7.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Division Creek Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | NW 304° | 4,278 m | 15.3 mi |
| Split Mountain | WNW 297° | 4,269 m | 11.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WNW 304° | 4,259 m | 15.1 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | NW 304° | 4,245 m | 15.7 mi |
| Balcony Peak | WNW 304° | 4,237 m | 15.1 mi |
| University Peak | SSW 206° | 4,138 m | 15.3 mi |
| Birch Mountain | NW 309° | 4,134 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | WNW 302° | 4,124 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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