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Regional Map of Bear Boxes in
Yosemite Valley and Merced River

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 Yosemite Valley and Merced River (YV)
    Scroll down for 5 boxes in this region, click on box names for details. Previous region is YE. Next region is YW.


    (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 Yosemite Valley and Merced River
    Previous region is YE. Next region is YW.
    click on box name for details and written directions elevation waypoint food locker type
    Curry Area Backpacker Campground 4000 YV01 23 large boxes
    Curry Village 4000 YV02 120 standard boxes
    Curry Area Backpacker Parking 4000 YV03 20 large plus 5 standard boxes
    Little Yosemite Valley 6100 YV04 6+ standard boxes
    Merced Lake 7200 YV05 4 standard plus 4 large boxes

    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,24,YOSEMITE VALLEY
RoutePoint,D,YV01,37.7439300,-119.5678500,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRYBACKPACKERC
RoutePoint,D,YV02,37.7378700,-119.5703700,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRY VILLAGE
RoutePoint,D,YV03,37.7355400,-119.5658700,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRYBACKPACKERP
RoutePoint,D,YV04,37.7324200,-119.5152000,06/21/2008,19:34:42,LITYOSEMITEVAL
RoutePoint,D,YV05,37.7406100,-119.4073600,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MERCED LAKE

    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,24,YOSEMITE VALLEY
RoutePoint,UTM,YV01,11S,273831.0,4180310.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRYBACKPACKERC
RoutePoint,UTM,YV02,11S,273587.0,4179643.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRY VILLAGE
RoutePoint,UTM,YV03,11S,273980.0,4179374.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,CURRYBACKPACKERP
RoutePoint,UTM,YV04,11S,278433.0,4178906.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,LITYOSEMITEVAL
RoutePoint,UTM,YV05,11S,287964.0,4179565.0,06/21/2008,19:34:42,MERCED LAKE


    Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.