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Details for KC06

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'KC06'
    (Junction Meadow Kern River)

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

    1. KC06 is a standard box, at about 8100 feet, in the Kern Canyon region.

    2. Directions from Jeffrey Zimmerman, with revised GPS waypoint, Sep 2007:
      It appears that the bear box at Junction Meadow in upper Kern Canyon has been moved from the northern (upper) campground to the lower. The coordinates previously posted clearly belong at the upper campground yet the box is very obvious right beside the trail (5' away) at the lower campground as of 2007. The lower campground has three campsites, the upper has but one. The box bears a strict admonishment from the ranger to build fires only in the prepared fire rings.

    3. Directions from Michael Golden, Sep 2000:
      It's right on the trail, right in the middle of the established campsite.

    4. Directions from Kit Groves, with original GPS waypoint, July 2000:
      One bear box just west of the High Sierra Trail, roughly midway between the Wallace Creek stream crossing, and the junction with the Colby Pass Trail.

    5. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      The bear box is next to the High Sierra Trail, near the southeast corner of Junction Meadow. It is 230 yards north of the Wallace Creek stream crossing, and 200 yards south of the junction with the Colby Pass Trail.

    6. Find waypoint KC06 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.5769000, -118.4137500) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 373593.0, 4048672.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    7. Previous box is KC05: Kern Hot Springs east of trail.

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

    9. 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.