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: 36.66142, -104.77444. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• St. James Hotel · fort · Colfax · ~27 km · Must-see
• National Scouting Museum · museum · Colfax · ~35 km · Must-see
• Philmont Scout Ranch · sanctuary · Colfax · ~39 km · Must-see
• Tooth of Time · viewpoint · Colfax · ~40 km · Must-see
• Rayado · attraction · Colfax · ~44 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Museum · museum · Colfax · ~45 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Mesa · viewpoint · Colfax · ~47 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Colfax · ~49 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~50 km · Must-see
• Penitente Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~50 km · Must-see
• Little Costilla Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~55 km · Must-see
• Raton-Clayton volcanic field · viewpoint · Colfax · ~58 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak State Park · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Las Animas · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lake Maloya · lake · Colfax · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bobcat Pass · viewpoint · Taos · ~64 km · Must-see
• Laughlin Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~66 km · Must-see
• Raton Mesa · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~66 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Tooth of Time · viewpoint · Colfax · ~40 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Mesa · viewpoint · Colfax · ~47 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Colfax · ~49 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~50 km · Must-see
• Penitente Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~50 km · Must-see
• Little Costilla Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~55 km · Must-see
• Raton-Clayton volcanic field · viewpoint · Colfax · ~58 km · Must-see
• Bobcat Pass · viewpoint · Taos · ~64 km · Must-see
• Laughlin Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~66 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~70 km · Must-see

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