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Bear Box at Upper Kearsarge Lake #1 (KA04)

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

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Prev box is KA03: Main Kearsarge Lake.
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GPS Waypoints in Region KA : simple Waypoint+ format, download GPX file, or overlay on interactive map.

Detail Map of waypoint KA04 in Kearsarge Area Eastern Rae Lakes Loop:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

1. KA04 is a standard box, at about 10900 feet, in the GPS route KEARSARGE AREA.

2. 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.

3. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Aug 2000:
   One regular box at the southwest corner of the Kearsarge Lake second nearest to Kearsarge Pass, about 50 feet from the water.

4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
   One box along the trail between the two small upper Kersarge Lakes.

5. KA04 coordinates: (see waypoint and interactive map links above)
   

     (lat,lon) = (36.7665700, -118.3868900) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
     (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376300.0, 4069678.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

6. 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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