Rock Creek (Owens River tributary)

River in California, United States

Rock Creek

Rock Creek with the Sierra Crest in the background

Location of the mouth of Rock Creek in California

Location
Country| United States
State| California
Region| Mono County
District| Inyo National Forest
Physical characteristics
Source| Rock Creek Lake
• location| John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest
• coordinates| 37°27′20″N 118°44′08″W﻿ / ﻿37.4554886°N 118.7356796°W﻿ / 37.4554886; -118.7356796
Mouth| Owens River

• location

| Owens River Gorge

• coordinates

| 37°33′40″N 118°40′48″W﻿ / ﻿37.5610431°N 118.6801252°W﻿ / 37.5610431; -118.6801252
Length| 30 mi (48 km)Rock Creek plus Lower Rock Creek[1]
Basin features
River system| Long Valley—Crowley Lake Watershed
Tributaries|
• right| Witcher & Pine Creeks

Rock Creek is a stream that flows from the high Eastern Sierra Nevada to the Owens River in Mono County of eastern California. The upper watershed is in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra and Inyo National Forests.

## Course

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Rock Creek drains from the Sierra Crest near Bear Creek Spire. Additional creek drainage is from the crest's Mount Abbot, Mount Mills, Ruby Peak, and Mount Starr. They combine with flow from Little Lakes Valley to Rock Creek Lake.

From the lake Rock Creek flows northeast to the location known as Tom's Place along U.S. Route 395, less than two miles from the Owens River. The creek, however, turns southeast and flows parallel to the Owens River (and is shown on maps as "Lower Rock Creek"), eventually joining the river near the mouth of the Owens River Gorge.

Upstream from Tom's Place, Rock Creek is 15.9 miles (25.6 km) long. Lower Rock Creek, below Tom's Place, flows an additional 14.1 miles (22.7 km) to the Owens River.[1]

## See also

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* Bishop Creek (Inyo County)
* Morgan Creek
* List of California rivers

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 17, 2011

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John Muir Wilderness

Mountains|

* Abbot
* Agassiz
* Baldwin
* Baxter
* Bloody
* Cirque
* Crocker
* Dade
* Four Gables
* Goodale
* Graveyard
* Herlihy
* Hilgard
* Hopkins
* Humphreys
* Huntington
* Hutton
* Izaak Walton
* Julius Caesar
* Kearsarge
* Laurel
* Middle Palisade
* Mills
* Morgan
* Morrison
* Muir
* Norman Clyde
* North Palisade
* Palisade Crest
* Pilot Knob
* Red and White
* Red Slate
* Sawmill Point
* Seven Gables
* Sill
* Split
* Stanford
* Starr
* Temple Crag
* Thunderbolt
* Tom
* Tyndall
* University
* Whitney
* Williamson

Rivers|

* Bishop Creek
* North Fork Kings River
* Morgan Creek
* Rock Creek
* South Fork San Joaquin River

Lakes|

* Dingleberry
* Disappointment
* Hell for Sure
* Loch Leven
* Lone Indian
* Mills
* Nüümü Hu Hupi
* Pee Wee
* Virginia

Trails|

* John Muir Trail
* Pacific Crest Trail

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