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Division Creek Rest Area

Division Creek Rest Area from directly overhead

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

Coordinates36.94653, -118.23927

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 16
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 16.7 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
Historic sites: 14
  • 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
Gardens: 11
  • Arai Pond: 15.6 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Natural arches: 6
  • 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
Parks: 5
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle PalisadeNW 304°4,278.2 m15.3 mi
Split MountainWNW 297°4,269 m11.3 mi
Disappointment PeakWNW 304°4,258.6 m15.1 mi
Norman Clyde PeakNW 304°4,245.2 m15.7 mi
Balcony PeakWNW 304°4,237.2 m15.1 mi
University PeakSSW 206°4,138 m15.3 mi
Birch MountainNW 309°4,134 m12.8 mi
Mount Bolton BrownWNW 302°4,124.3 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:3519:3820:16
September equinox06:4218:1718:51
December solstice07:0316:0016:41

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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/96678068

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