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: 42.68019, -112.41025. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Zoo Idaho · sanctuary · Bannock · ~23 km · Must-see
• Chinese Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Brady Chapel · church · Bannock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Pocatello Idaho Temple · church · Bannock · ~33 km · Must-see
• Lava Hot Springs Olympic Swimming Complex · park · Bannock · ~41 km · Must-see
• Mount Putnam · viewpoint · Bannock · ~45 km · Must-see
• Fort Hall Historic Monument · fort · Bannock · ~53 km · Must-see
• Massacre Rocks State Park · park · Power · ~59 km · Must-see
• Sublett Range High Point · viewpoint · Power · ~69 km · Must-see
• Idaho Potato Museum · museum · Bingham · ~71 km · Must-see
• Gem Valley · viewpoint · Caribou · ~71 km · Must-see
• Curlew National Grassland · sanctuary · Oneida · ~75 km · Must-see
• Scout Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~7 km
• Slate Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~10 km
• Indian Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~11 km
• Old Tom Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~12 km
• Gibson Mountain · viewpoint · Bannock · ~14 km
• Rock Knoll · viewpoint · Bannock · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Chinese Peak · viewpoint · Bannock · ~24 km · Must-see
• Mount Putnam · viewpoint · Bannock · ~45 km · Must-see
• Sublett Range High Point · viewpoint · Power · ~69 km · Must-see
• Gem Valley · viewpoint · Caribou · ~71 km · Must-see
• Gentile Valley · viewpoint · Franklin · ~79 km · Must-see
• Raft River Valley · viewpoint · Blaine · ~85 km · Must-see
• Dirty Head · viewpoint · Franklin · ~100 km · Must-see
• Emigration Canyon, Idaho · viewpoint · Bear Lake · ~100 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Cone · viewpoint · Cassia · ~107 km · Must-see
• Black Pine Peak · viewpoint · Cassia · ~107 km · Must-see

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