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Details for KA04

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'KA04'
    (Upper Kearsarge Lake #1)

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

    1. KA04 is a standard box, at about 10900 feet, in the Kearsarge Area, Eastern Rae Lakes Loop region.

    2. 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.

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

    4. Find waypoint KA04 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.7665700, -118.3868900) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376300.0, 4069678.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is KA03: Main Kearsarge Lake.

    6. Next box is KA05: Upper Kearsarge Lake #2.

    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.