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: 36.83530, -103.20049. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Camp Nichols · fort · Baca · ~33 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa State Park;Lake Carl Etling Public Fishing Area · lake · Cimarron · ~36 km · Must-see
• Lake Carl Etling · lake · Baca · ~36 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~50 km · Must-see
• Union County Courthouse Historic Site · attraction · Union · ~54 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~62 km · Must-see
• Wedding Cake Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~19 km
• Steamboat Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~20 km
• Potter Rincon · viewpoint · Union · ~21 km
• Peacock Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~22 km
• Red Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~22 km
• Lookout Hill · viewpoint · Union · ~24 km
• Middle Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~25 km
• Big Canyon Mesa · viewpoint · Union · ~25 km
• Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route · fort · Cimarron · ~27 km
• Old Post Office · fort · Cimarron · ~28 km
• Kenton Museum · museum · Cimarron · ~28 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~50 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~62 km · Must-see
• Sierra Grande · viewpoint · Union · ~77 km · Must-see
• Aguaje Canyon · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~80 km · Must-see
• Laughlin Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~114 km · Must-see
• Raton-Clayton volcanic field · viewpoint · Colfax · ~131 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~136 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~145 km · Must-see
• Wedding Cake Butte · viewpoint · Union · ~19 km

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