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Regional Map of Bear Boxes in
Yosemite Park West
Generated on 15 Mar 2009, see revision history for update details.

CORRECTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED! contact Steve Eckert.
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 Park West (YW)
    Scroll down for 4 boxes in this region, click on box names for details. Previous region is YV.


    (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 Park West
    Previous region is YV.
    WARNING! "XX" in 1 waypoint names below means those unverified coordinates are approximate!
    Please let me know if you can help verify that these boxes exist and precisely locate them.
    click on box name for details and written directions elevation waypoint food locker type
    Pate Valley Cable 4400 YW01XX a steel cable, may not exist
    Yosemite Creek, Ten Lakes Parking 7500 YW02 10 large boxes south of 120, 4 large boxes north of 120
    Porcupine Flat 8100 YW03 4 large boxes
    Porcupine Creek 8100 YW04 8 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,25,YOSEMITE WEST
RoutePoint,D,YW01XX,37.9332800,-119.5923600,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PATEVALCABLE
RoutePoint,D,YW02,37.8520900,-119.5760500,03/15/2009,17:19:22,YOSEMITECKTENLKS
RoutePoint,D,YW03,37.8067700,-119.5642500,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PORCUPINE FLAT
RoutePoint,D,YW04,37.8066400,-119.5453300,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PORCUPINE CREEK

    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,25,YOSEMITE WEST
RoutePoint,UTM,YW01XX,11S,272255.0,4201383.0,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PATEVALCABLE
RoutePoint,UTM,YW02,11S,273440.0,4192333.0,03/15/2009,17:19:22,YOSEMITECKTENLKS
RoutePoint,UTM,YW03,11S,274340.0,4187275.0,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PORCUPINE FLAT
RoutePoint,UTM,YW04,11S,276005.0,4187214.0,03/15/2009,17:19:22,PORCUPINE CREEK


    Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.