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Details for KC04

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'KC04'
    (Kern Hot Springs west of trail)

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

    1. KC04 is a standard box, at about 6900 feet, in the Kern Canyon region.

    2. Note: Kern Hot Springs is where Rock Creek joins the Kern River, but the Rock Creek bearbox is far upstream and there is no direct trail between them. There is a concrete tub with wooden privacy screen at the hot springs, and the campsites are just up-canyon in the trees.

    3. Directions from Jeffrey Zimmerman, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2007:
      A single box, located just west (i.e., to the left if proceeding upstream) of the Kern Canyon trail, about 50 or 60 yards from the Springs themselves, and about 30 yards downstream from the adjacent box KC05. It is immediately visible from the trail.

    4. Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
      I saw two boxes in the established camp site along the trail north of the hot springs. Supposedly there is a third box. I did not see it, nor did I look for it.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One bear box is at the campsite just north of the Hot Springs meadow, between the trail and the river, 80 yards north of the Hot Springs bulletin board, serving two campsites.

    6. Find waypoint KC04 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4792200, -118.4060300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 374125.0, 4037826.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is KC03: Upper Funston Meadow #2.

    8. Next box is KC05: Kern Hot Springs east of trail.

    9. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Kern Canyon region.

    10. 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.