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Sierra Nevada Bear Boxes
Details for KA01
Generated on 15 Mar 2009, see revision history for update details.

CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.
For bear box data, including maps and location instructions, you can jump to:
  • the main Bear Box Page or a clickable Bear Boxes Map
  • click on a sorted list of 141 bear boxes or short list of 25 box regions

    Bear box 'KA01'
    (Charlotte Lake)

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

    1. KA01 is 2 standard boxes, at about 10400 feet, in the Kearsarge Area, Eastern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. Note: No camping is allowed at Bullfrog Lake - the second box is apparently the one that used to be at the Bull Frog Lake Junction.

    3. Directions from Dave Johnson, Aug 1999:
      There are now 2 bear boxes there, approximately 100 yards west of the ranger station.

    4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box near the Ranger Station at Charlotte Lake.

    5. Find waypoint KA01 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7768200, -118.4261200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 372816.0, 4070866.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    6. Next box is KA02: Lower Kearsarge Lake.

    7. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Kearsarge Area, Eastern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    8. 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.