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Bear Box at Tuolumne Meadows Backpack Camp (YE09)

Generated on 2 Aug 2022 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

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Prev box is YE08: Elizabeth Lake Trailhead.
Next box is YE10: Lembert Dome Trailhead.
GPS Waypoints in Region YE: download GPX file.

Detail Map of waypoint YE09 in Yosemite Park East:
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1. YE09 is 5 or more large boxes, at about 8600 feet, in the GPS route YOSEMITE EAST.

2. Directions from Kevin Freer, with GPS waypoint, Sep 2006:
   5+ large boxes at the Backpackers Campground in Tuolumne Meadows. Go to the Tuolumne Meadows store/post office on Hwy 120. At the eastern end of the store (=on the left when facing the store) there is a 200 yard cut-through trail behind the store to the main campground. On reaching the main campground road turn left and within 100 yards the backpacker's campground is signed uphill to the right.

3. YE09 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
   

     (lat,lon) = (37.8735800, -119.3533000) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
     (zone,east,north) = (11S, 293100.0, 4194200.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

4. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Yosemite Park East region.

Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.

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