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Bear Box at Upper Kearsarge Lake #2 (KA05)

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
south Prev box is KA04: Upper Kearsarge Lake #1.
east Next box is KA06: Onion Valley Trailhead.
info GPS Waypoints in Region KA : simple Waypoint+ format, download GPX file, or overlay on interactive map.

Detail Map of waypoint KA05 in Kearsarge Area Eastern Rae Lakes Loop:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

  1. KA05 is a large box, at about 10900 feet, in the GPS route KEARSARGE AREA.

  2. Note: This box was present in the described location but padlocked. Perhaps it is only for use by horse packers? This is the second time that I've been to Kearsarge Lakes in the past few years and this box has been padlocked both times. (Gary Craig, July 2002)

  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 large box northwest of the Kearsarge Lake nearest to Kearsarge Pass, between the use trail and the lake (close to shore).

  5. KA05 coordinates: (see waypoint and interactive map links above)
      (lat,lon) = (36.7697700, -118.3860200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376383.0, 4070032.0) 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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