Mail Box

Mail Box: 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 lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Mail Box

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

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 Mail Box — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.17594, -104.77634. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mail Box

• Sitting Bull Falls · waterfall · Eddy · ~13 km · Must-see
• Devils Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Eddy · ~20 km · Must-see
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park · sanctuary · Eddy · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lechuguilla · cave · Eddy · ~32 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Otero · ~36 km · Must-see
• Bush Mountain · viewpoint · Culberson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Hunter Peak · viewpoint · Eddy · ~37 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park · sanctuary · Culberson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Shumard Peak · viewpoint · Otero · ~39 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Peak · viewpoint · Culberson · ~41 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Culberson · ~43 km · Must-see
• El Capitan · viewpoint · Otero · ~43 km · Must-see
• Guadalupe Pass (Texas) · viewpoint · Eddy · ~44 km · Must-see
• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park · park · Eddy · ~69 km · Must-see
• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ares Peak · viewpoint · Eddy · ~14 km
• Thayer Hill · viewpoint · Eddy · ~17 km
• The Pinnacle · viewpoint · Eddy · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Mail Box

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Mail Box

• Brantley Lake · lake · Eddy · ~72 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Reeves · ~101 km · Must-see
• Red Bluff Reservoir · lake · Eddy · ~104 km · Must-see
• Spencer Dam · lake · Eddy · ~62 km
• Cornucopia Diversion Dam · lake · Otero · ~69 km
• Brantley Dam · lake · Eddy · ~70 km
• Lower Transill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~73 km
• Tansill Dam · lake · Eddy · ~74 km
• Avalon Dam · lake · Eddy · ~76 km
• Six Mile Dam · lake · Eddy · ~80 km

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