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: 40.83324, -118.45182. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Rye Patch Reservoir · lake · Pershing · ~38 km · Must-see
• Thunder Mountain Monument · fort · Pershing · ~41 km · Must-see
• Star Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~52 km · Must-see
• King Lear Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Quinn Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~65 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~74 km · Must-see
• Haystack Mine · fort · Pershing · ~7 km
• Sawtooth Mine · fort · Humboldt · ~13 km
• Wonder Metal Mine · fort · Pershing · ~20 km
• North Star Mine · fort · Pershing · ~20 km
• H and M Number 1 Mine · fort · Pershing · ~20 km
• Hawkeye Mine · fort · Pershing · ~20 km
• Keough-Noble Mine · fort · Pershing · ~20 km
• Mohawk Mine · fort · Pershing · ~21 km
• Superior Mine · fort · Pershing · ~22 km
• Noble Mine · fort · Pershing · ~22 km
• Arsenic King Mine · fort · Pershing · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Star Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~52 km · Must-see
• King Lear Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~52 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Quinn Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~65 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~74 km · Must-see
• Winnemucca Mountain · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~76 km · Must-see
• Buena Vista Valley · viewpoint · Pershing · ~83 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~89 km · Must-see
• Sonoma Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~89 km · Must-see
• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~100 km · Must-see

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