Bear Box at Tyndall Frog Ponds (TC02)

Generated on 2 Aug 2022 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

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north Prev box is TC01: Tyndall Creek at John Muir Trail.
south Next box is TC03: Wallace Creek / John Muir Trail.
info GPS Waypoints in Region TC: download GPX file.

Detail Map of waypoint TC02 in Tyndall and Crabtree Area:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)

  1. TC02 is a standard box, at about 11000 feet, in the GPS route TYNDALL CRABTREE.

  2. Directions from Bob Pickering, August 2019:
    I couldn't find this bear box a few days ago. My phone assured me that I was only 8 feet from the coordinates.

  3. Directions from Kit Groves, with GPS waypoint, July 2000:
    One box about one half mile south of Tyndall Creek, east of the trail and north of the Tyndall frog pond outlet.

  4. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
    One box about one half mile south of Tyndall Creek, on the east side of the trail.

  5. TC02 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
      (lat,lon) = (36.6351700, -118.3853300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
      (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376226.0, 4055101.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

  6. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.


Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.


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