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Bear Box at Curry Area Backpacker Parking (YV03)

Generated on 10 Aug 2024 - see revision history - please send updates to the webmaster

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Detail Map of waypoint YV03 in Yosemite Valley and Merced River:
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1. YV03 is 20 large plus 5 standard boxes, at about 4000 feet, in the GPS route YOSEMITE VALLEY.

2. Directions from Steve Eckert, with GPS waypoint, March 2001:
   Public car use boxes at the backpacker's overnight parking lot. From Curry Village, go east and south past the tent cabins toward Happy Isles. Where the road is closed, turn right into a dirt parking area with 20 large and 5 standard bear boxes lined up on the north side of the parking lot.

3. YV03 coordinates: (see GPX waypoint download links above)
   

     (lat,lon) = (37.7355400, -119.5658200) in decimal degrees, NAD83.
     (zone,east,north) = (11S, 273980.0, 4179374.0) in decimal meters, NAD27.

4. Scroll down for a regional map of the entire Yosemite Valley and Merced River region.

Map exported from TOPO! software, used with permission.

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