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Details for CG07

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'CG07'
    (Hotel Creek Trailhead)

    Detail Map: (scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

    1. CG07 is one large box, at about 4700 feet, in the Cedar Grove Area region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2004:
      One large box at the Hilton Creek trailhead parking lot, just west of the Cedar Grove pack station corral and just north of Cedar Grove Village.

    3. Find waypoint CG07 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7935000, -118.6685600) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 351212.0, 4073066.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is CG06: West Horse Lot at Road's End.

    5. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Cedar Grove Area region.

    6. Use Google Maps or Google Earth to view this region overlaid with roads and trails on satellite images or maps.
      (Click on any icon to get details in a popup, double-left-click to zoom in, double-right-click to zoom out.)


    Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.