North Canyon

North 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 North 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 North Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.98852, -103.03470. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near North Canyon

• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~26 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~27 km · Must-see
• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~35 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~37 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~54 km · Must-see
• Comanche National Grassland · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~67 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~1 km
• Middle Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~4 km
• Preston Boundary Monument · fort · Baca · ~4 km
• Big Canyon Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~6 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~7 km
• Potter Rincon · viewpoint · Union · ~9 km
• Bear Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~11 km
• Robbers Roost Peak · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~13 km
• Old Post Office · fort · Cimarron · ~14 km
• Kenton Museum · museum · Cimarron · ~14 km
• Wedding Cake Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of North Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near North Canyon

• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~37 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~54 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~84 km · Must-see
• Sierra Grande · viewpoint · Union · ~102 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~108 km · Must-see
• Laughlin Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~138 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~1 km
• Middle Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~4 km
• Big Canyon Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~6 km

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