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Details for HP09

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'HP09'
    (Hidden Falls Campground)

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

    1. HP09 is 6 large boxes with no latches, at about 6000 feet, in the Hockett Plateau region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, June 2001:
      The Hidden Falls Campground is the trailhead for the River Trail, which goes up the Tule River to the Hockett Plateau. This trail is shorter than the West Side Trail from Shake Camp, and the campground is more developed. Six large boxes are at the campsites, and they have provisions for padlocks but no latching clips. We saw unlocked boxes with food inside and no apparent bear or rodent problems.

    3. Find waypoint HP09 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.2584100, -118.6633800) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 350648.0, 4013697.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is HP08: Rock Camp SE.

    5. Next box is HP10: Dillonwood Grove Entrance.

    6. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Hockett Plateau region.

    7. 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.