Box Canyon

Box Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Box Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Box Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.27047, -120.82994. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Pardee Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~3 km · Must-see
• Lake Amador · lake · Amador · ~7 km · Must-see
• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~12 km · Must-see
• Jackson United Methodist Church · church · Amador · ~13 km · Must-see
• Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church · church · Amador · ~13 km · Must-see
• Camanche Reservoir · lake · Amador · ~14 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~17 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~17 km · Must-see
• Sutter Creek Baptist Church · church · Amador · ~18 km · Must-see
• Icehouse Pond · lake · Amador · ~19 km · Must-see
• Camanche Dam · lake · San Joaquin · ~22 km · Must-see
• Plymouth Baptist Church · church · Amador · ~29 km · Must-see
• Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park · park · Amador · ~30 km · Must-see
• Black Chasm Cavern · cave · Amador · ~32 km · Must-see
• Volcano · lake · Amador · ~32 km · Must-see
• Salt Spring Valley Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~34 km · Must-see
• California Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~36 km · Must-see
• Angels Camp Museum · museum · Calaveras · ~41 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~12 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~59 km · Must-see
• Carpenter Hill · viewpoint · Sacramento · ~60 km · Must-see
• Baltic Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~68 km · Must-see
• Central Valley · viewpoint · San Joaquin · ~73 km · Must-see
• Secret Ravine · viewpoint · Placer · ~82 km · Must-see
• Corral Ridge · viewpoint · Douglas · ~87 km · Must-see
• Mokelumne Peak · viewpoint · Amador · ~88 km · Must-see
• Deadwood Peak · viewpoint · Douglas · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lovers Leap · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~105 km · Must-see

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