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Details for MK09

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'MK09'
    (Franklin Creek)

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

    1. MK09 is a standard box, at about 10300 feet, in the Mineral King Area region.

    2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, Oct 2001:
      One box about 100 feet below and 100 yards away from the dam of lower Franklin Lake. It is southwest of the trail, about halfway to the stream, next to a sandy and exposed camping area.

    3. Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
      One box below and east of the Franklin Lake dam and about 100 feet west of the trail.

    4. Find waypoint MK09 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.4220700, -118.5627300) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 359984.0, 4031702.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is MK08: Monarch Lake #2.

    6. Next box is MK10: Franklin Lake Lower.

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

    8. 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.