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: 46.03209, -117.72047. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Box Canyon

• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~28 km · Must-see
• Camp Wooten Retreat Center · sanctuary · Columbia · ~29 km · Must-see
• Jubilee Lake · lake · Columbia · ~36 km · Must-see
• Lewis & Clark Trail State Park · sanctuary · Columbia · ~49 km · Must-see
• Langdon Lake · lake · Walla Walla · ~50 km · Must-see
• Fields Spring State Park · sanctuary · Asotin · ~53 km · Must-see
• North Fork Umatilla Wilderness · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~59 km · Must-see
• Friends · museum · Walla Walla · ~59 km · Must-see
• Fort Walla Walla Museum · fort · Walla Walla · ~62 km · Must-see
• Joseph Canyon · sanctuary · Asotin · ~65 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~67 km · Must-see
• Whitman Mission National Historic Site · park · Walla Walla · ~72 km · Must-see
• Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness · sanctuary · Columbia · ~2 km
• Wenaha Peak · viewpoint · Columbia · ~17 km
• South Tucannon Spring · attraction · Garfield · ~18 km
• tíkem Falls · waterfall · Wallowa · ~19 km
• Hompegg Falls · waterfall · Columbia · ~20 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Box Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Box Canyon

• Milk Shakes · viewpoint · Columbia · ~18 km · Must-see
• Mount Horrible · viewpoint · Asotin · ~28 km · Must-see
• Columbia Heights · viewpoint · Walla Walla · ~67 km · Must-see
• Mount Emily · viewpoint · Union · ~90 km · Must-see
• Sawtooth Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~106 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~108 km · Must-see
• Chief Joseph Mountain · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~113 km · Must-see
• Elkhorn Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~117 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea Peak · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~117 km · Must-see
• Matterhorn · viewpoint · Wallowa · ~119 km · Must-see

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