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Bear Box at Lower Kearsarge Lake (KA02)

Generated on 5 Jul 2012 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

home Go to the main Bear Box Page or a clickable Bear Boxes Map or a complete list of 141 Bear Boxes
west Prev box is KA01: Charlotte Lake.
south Next box is KA03: Main Kearsarge Lake.
info GPS Waypoints in Region KA : simple Waypoint+ format, download GPX file, or overlay on interactive map.

Detail Map of waypoint KA02 in Kearsarge Area Eastern Rae Lakes Loop:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

  1. KA02 is a standard box, at about 10800 feet, in the GPS route KEARSARGE AREA.

  2. Note: A small cliff/waterfall goes up from Lower Kearsarge Lake to Main Kearsarge Lake, easily bypassed to the north.

  3. Directions from Alison Steiner, NPS Wilderness Coordinator, June 2012:
    The park is closing the Kearsarge Lakes food-storage lockers for the 2012 season in response to a noted increase in food caching at Kearsarge Lakes. Caching of materials in wilderness is problematic to park management and disruptive to park visitors and, as such, is prohibited.

  4. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
    One regular box in the trees about 75 feet from the north shore of the lowest Kearsarge Lake.

  5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
    One box southwest of the lower Kearsarge Lake.

  6. KA02 coordinates: (see waypoint and interactive map links above)
      (lat,lon) = (36.7694800, -118.3931500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 375746.0, 4070008.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

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


Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.

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