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: 45.85541, -118.01022. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~6 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~13 km · Must-see
• North Fork Umatilla Wilderness · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~22 km · Must-see
• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~23 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~39 km · Must-see
• Friends · museum · Walla Walla · ~43 km · Must-see
• Fort Walla Walla Museum · fort · Walla Walla · ~44 km · Must-see
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site · park · Walla Walla · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mount Emily · viewpoint · Union · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~60 km · Must-see
• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~64 km · Must-see
• Umatilla National Forest · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~75 km · Must-see
• Jubilee Lake · lake · Union · ~6 km
• Wináha’ay Spring · attraction · Wallowa · ~12 km
• Government Mountain · viewpoint · Umatilla · ~19 km
• Pikes Peak · viewpoint · Umatilla · ~24 km
• Saddle Mountain · viewpoint · Umatilla · ~24 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~23 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mount Emily · viewpoint · Union · ~59 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~64 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~99 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~100 km · Must-see
• Elkhorn Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~106 km · Must-see
• Chief Joseph Mountain · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~108 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~110 km · Must-see
• Matterhorn · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~111 km · Must-see

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