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Bear Box at Hocket Meadow Trailhead (MK02)

Generated on 30 Apr 2013 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

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GPS Waypoints in Region MK : simple Waypoint+ format, download GPX file, or overlay on interactive map.

Detail Map of waypoint MK02 in Mineral King Area:
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1. MK02 is a standard box, at about 6600 feet, in the GPS route MINERAL KING.

2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Oct 2001:
   One box at the Hocket Meadow trailhead parking area just south of (and visible from) the Mineral King Road. This is the upper or eastern (unmarked) entrance to the Atwell Mill campground, roughly a tenth of a mile east of the marked entrance.

3. MK02 coordinates: (see waypoint and interactive map links above)
   

     (lat,lon) = (36.4644500, -118.6670000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
     (zone,east,north) = (11S, 350717.0, 4036559.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

4. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Mineral King Area region.

Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.

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