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Details for HP11

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'HP11'
    (South Fork Ranger Station)

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

    1. HP11 is 2 large boxes, at about 3600 feet, in the Hockett Plateau region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Oct 2004:
      The South Fork Ranger Station and Campground is just before the Ladybug and Garfield-Hockett trailheads, which provide access to Homer's Nose and Dennison. One large box is near the campground toilet, another large box is in the trailhead parking area at the end of the road.

    3. Find waypoint HP11 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.3497600, -118.7636400) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 341825.0, 4023990.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is HP10: Dillonwood Grove Entrance.

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