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Details for TC02

Updated 21 Jun 2008, see revision history for details.
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    Bear box 'TC02'
    (Tyndall Frog Ponds)

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

    1. TC02 is a standard box, at about 11000 feet, in the Tyndall and Crabtree Area region.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. Find waypoint TC02 in region waypoints or all waypoints file.
      (NAD83 decimal degrees or NAD27 UTM data suitable for TOPO! software or Waypoint+ software)
        (lat,lon) = (36.6351900, -118.3853600) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
  (zone,east,north) = (11S, 376226.0, 4055101.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
    5. Previous box is TC01: Tyndall Creek at John Muir Trail.

    6. Next box is TC03: Wallace Creek / John Muir Trail.

    7. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Tyndall and Crabtree 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.