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: 29.52466, -101.16594. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Amistad National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Val Verde · ~15 km · Must-see
• Amistad Reservoir · lake · Texas · ~17 km · Must-see
• Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~27 km · Must-see
• Buena Vista Del Rio Host Lions Park · church · Val Verde · ~36 km · Must-see
• Whitehead Memorial Museum · museum · Val Verde · ~40 km · Must-see
• Site of Camp Hudson · fort · Val Verde · ~60 km · Must-see
• Playa Tlaloc · beach · Acuña · ~13 km
• Amistad Dam · lake · Texas · ~16 km
• Monumento de las Águilas Amigas · fort · Texas · ~17 km
• Rough Canyon Recreational Area · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~24 km
• Pink Cave Cove · cave · Val Verde · ~28 km
• Fate Bell Pictograph · fort · Val Verde · ~30 km
• Seminole Canyon District · fort · Val Verde · ~30 km
• Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District · fort · Val Verde · ~30 km
• White Shaman Cave · cave · Val Verde · ~34 km
• Dead Man's Pass · fort · Val Verde · ~38 km
• First Baptist Church of Del Rio · fort · Val Verde · ~39 km
• City of Del Rio · fort · Val Verde · ~39 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~27 km · Must-see
• Las Moras Mountain · viewpoint · Kinney · ~97 km · Must-see
• Howard Draw · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~100 km · Must-see
• Government Canyon · viewpoint · Crockett · ~136 km · Must-see
• Rough Canyon Recreational Area · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~24 km
• Cañón Chumbla · viewpoint · Coahuila · ~43 km
• Eagle Pass Hill · viewpoint · Val Verde · ~44 km
• Cañón Martín · viewpoint · Coahuila · ~56 km
• Cañón Abatos · viewpoint · Coahuila · ~59 km
• Cañón El Cañoncito · viewpoint · Coahuila · ~61 km

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