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Details for MK02

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'MK02'
    (Hocket Meadow Trailhead)

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

    1. MK02 is a standard box, at about 6600 feet, in the Mineral King Area region.

    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. Find waypoint MK02 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4644500, -118.6670000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 350717.0, 4036559.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    4. Previous box is MK01: Winter Gate.

    5. Next box is MK03: Mineral King Ranger Station.

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

    7. 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.