Bear Box at Kern Hot Springs east of trail (KC05)
Generated on 20 Oct 2025 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster
Detail Map of waypoint KC05
in Kern Canyon:
(scroll down for directions, waypoints, and area map)
- KC05 is a standard box, at about 6900 feet,
in the GPS route KERN CANYON.
- Note: Kern Hot Springs is where Rock Creek joins the Kern River,
but the Rock Creek bearbox is far upstream and there is no direct
trail between them. There is a concrete tub with wooden privacy
screen at the hot springs, and the campsites are just up-canyon
in the trees.
- Directions from Nate Kimbler, Sep 2025:
I visited Bear box KC05 on the east side of the trail by the pit toilet.
It will not close all the way and other campers could not get the door
shut enough to latch it sufficiently to be useful protection
against animals or bears. Need to use bear box KC04 instead, which is
nearby on the west side of the trail.
- Directions from M F Miller, Sep 2020:
Continue on trail past KC04 (trail turns to the right, then go about 30
yards). KC05 bear box is on trail - large brown bear box. Also have pit
toilet nearby. KC04 and KC05 are essentially a lower and upper
campground in the same area.
- Directions from Jeffrey Zimmerman, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2007:
A single box, located in the midst of a campsite to the east
of the trail (i.e., on the right if proceeding upstream), about 30 yards
further upstream than the adjacent box KC04. It is located near a young
tree in the center of the camping area.
- Directions from Mineral King ranger info sheet, dated 1991:
One bear box is accessed by a side trail from the campsite just
north of the Hot Springs meadow, about 90 yards north of
the Hot Springs bulletin board. This path leads about 50 yards
up a gentle gradient to the east, into an open stand of Jeffrey Pine,
which shelters a bear box and three campsites. The pit toilet is
behind a manzanita clump north and east of this bear box.
- KC05 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
(lat,lon) = (36.4792800, -118.4055200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
(zone,east,north) = (11S, 374171.0, 4037832.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.
- Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Kern Canyon region.
Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.
Useful Links:
Go to the main Bear Box Page
or a clickable Bear Boxes Map
or a complete list of 151 Bear Boxes
Prev box is KC04:
Kern Hot Springs west of trail.
Next box is KC06:
Junction Meadow Kern River.
GPS Waypoints in Region KC: download GPX file.
