Barrel Canyon

Barrel 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 Barrel 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 Barrel Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.72975, -103.14216. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Barrel Canyon

• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~24 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~34 km · Must-see
• Union County Courthouse Historic Site · attraction · Union · ~39 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~54 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Rita Blanca National Grassland · sanctuary · Union · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lookout Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~14 km
• Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route · fort · Cimarron · ~16 km
• Site of Old Fort Nichols · fort · Cimarron · ~24 km
• Clayton Lake Dam · lake · Union · ~27 km
• Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways · lake · Union · ~28 km
• Rabbit Ear Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~30 km
• Black Jack Ketchum Historical Marker · sanctuary · Union · ~30 km
• Rabbit Ear Mountain · viewpoint · Union · ~30 km
• Rabbit Ear Mountains Historical Marker · park · Union · ~30 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~31 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Barrel Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Barrel Canyon

• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~54 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Sierra Grande · viewpoint · Union · ~82 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~95 km · Must-see
• Laughlin Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~117 km · Must-see
• Raton-Clayton volcanic field · viewpoint · Colfax · ~133 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~145 km · Must-see
• Lookout Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~14 km
• Rabbit Ear Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~30 km

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