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Regional Map of Bear Boxes in
Mineral King Area

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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For bear box data, including maps and location instructions, you can jump to:
  • the main Bear Box Page or a clickable Bear Boxes Map
  • click on a sorted list of 141 bear boxes or short list of 25 box regions
    Map of Mineral King Area (MK)
    Scroll down for 11 boxes in this region, click on box names for details. Previous region is LT. Next region is RN.


    (Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.)

    View all boxes in this region overlaid with roads and trails on satellite images or maps
    using Google Maps (web application) or Google Earth (must download and install).
    (Click on any icon to get details in a popup, double-left-click to zoom in, double-right-click to zoom out.)

    Bear Boxes in Mineral King Area
    Previous region is LT. Next region is RN.
    click on box name for details and written directions elevation waypoint food locker type
    Winter Gate 6300 MK01 a standard box
    Hocket Meadow Trailhead 6600 MK02 a standard box
    Mineral King Ranger Station 7500 MK03 3 large boxes
    Sawtooth Pass Trailhead 7800 MK04 2 new boxes and 1 standard box
    Timber Gap Junction 7100 MK05 a standard box
    Pinto Lake 8700 MK06 a large box
    Monarch Lake #1 10400 MK07 a standard box
    Monarch Lake #2 10400 MK08 a standard box
    Franklin Creek 10300 MK09 a standard box
    Franklin Lake Lower 10400 MK10 a standard box
    Franklin Lake Upper 10500 MK11 a standard box

    Note that each waypoint name contains the 2-letter region code and the box number so you can strip out the RouteName lines and still know which box is which. Route names and waypoint comments are limited to 16 upper-case characters for Garmin compatibility. The comment field contains a shortened bear box name which will be close but not exactly the same as in the alphabetic listing names. Use the 4-character waypoint name as a cross reference with other pages.

    Unverified waypoints are shown in brown, field checked boxes are in black.
    This data is in decimal degrees, with latitude and longitude after the 3rd and 4th comma.
    (Click here for     all waypoints in NAD83 decimal degrees.)

    NAD83 datum, Latitude/Longitude in decimal degrees (UTM below).

    Datum,North America 1983,GRS 80,0,-1.6E-7,0,0,0
RouteName,14,MINERAL KING
RoutePoint,D,MK01,36.4563000,-118.6885200,06/21/2008,19:34:42,WINTER GATE
RoutePoint,D,MK02,36.4644500,-118.6670000,06/21/2008,19:34:42,HOCKETMEADOWTH
RoutePoint,D,MK03,36.4523200,-118.6111300,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MINKINGRNRST
RoutePoint,D,MK04,36.4529600,-118.5964100,06/21/2008,19:34:42,SAWTOOTHPASSTH
RoutePoint,D,MK05,36.4969700,-118.6135700,06/21/2008,19:34:42,TIMBERGAPJCT
RoutePoint,D,MK06,36.4850800,-118.5807100,06/21/2008,19:34:42,PINTO LAKE
RoutePoint,D,MK07,36.4539242,-118.5665668,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MONARCH LAKE 1
RoutePoint,D,MK08,36.4536600,-118.5667500,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MONARCH LAKE 2
RoutePoint,D,MK09,36.4220700,-118.5627300,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLIN CREEK
RoutePoint,D,MK10,36.4208100,-118.5584700,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLINLKLOW
RoutePoint,D,MK11,36.4205700,-118.5572200,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLINLKUP

    Unverified waypoints are shown in brown, field checked boxes are in black.
    This data shows full UTM zone, easting, and northing after the 3rd, 4th, and 5th commas.
    (Click here for info on Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates)

    NAD27 datum, UTM Zone/East/North in decimal meters (degrees above).

    Datum,North America 1927 mean,Clarke 1866 ,-69.4,-0.37264639,-8,160,176
RouteName,14,MINERAL KING
RoutePoint,UTM,MK01,11S,348773.0,4035689.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,WINTER GATE
RoutePoint,UTM,MK02,11S,350717.0,4036559.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,HOCKETMEADOWTH
RoutePoint,UTM,MK03,11S,355701.0,4035129.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MINKINGRNRST
RoutePoint,UTM,MK04,11S,357021.0,4035178.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,SAWTOOTHPASSTH
RoutePoint,UTM,MK05,11S,355565.0,4040085.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,TIMBERGAPJCT
RoutePoint,UTM,MK06,11S,358486.0,4038718.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,PINTO LAKE
RoutePoint,UTM,MK07,11S,359697.0,4035241.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MONARCH LAKE 1
RoutePoint,UTM,MK08,11S,359680.0,4035212.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MONARCH LAKE 2
RoutePoint,UTM,MK09,11S,359984.0,4031702.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLIN CREEK
RoutePoint,UTM,MK10,11S,360363.0,4031556.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLINLKLOW
RoutePoint,UTM,MK11,11S,360475.0,4031527.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,FRANKLINLKUP


    Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.