Box Canyon
- Depth
- 285 m
- Rim
- 3,551 m
- Length
- 1.5 km
- Tonight
- 34°FSleet showers · Wind 5–10 mph SSE
Box Canyon is up to 285 m deep: the rim reaches 3,551 m and the floor 3,266 m, along 1.5 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 3,266 m
Box Canyon 3D map
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Box Canyon terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Box Canyon elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Box Canyon weather
Tonight · Sleet showers · 34°F (1°C) · 31% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SSE
Box Canyon forecast for about 2,982 m.
- Tonight34°31%5–10 mph SSE
- Sat33°45°88%5–10 mph SSE
- Sun25°40°48%0–10 mph S
- Mon28°44°2%0–5 mph SW
- Tue29°46°1%5–15 mph SSW
- Wed29°46°1%5–10 mph SSW
- Thu32°46°27%5–10 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.
Camping & parking near Box Canyon
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Box Canyon, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km E
Nearest trailhead
Sutton Mine Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Four J Campground
Nearest caravan site
Ouray RV park
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km E |
| Sutton Mine TrailheadTrailhead | 0.4 km SE |
| Parking | 0.4 km SE |
| Parking | 0.6 km ESE |
| Four J CampgroundCampsite | 0.8 km NNE |
| Campsite | 1.0 km NNE |
| Baby BathtubsTrailhead | 1.2 km E |
| 8th AvenueTrailhead | 1.3 km NE |
| Amphitheatre CampgroundCampsite | 1.5 km ENE |
| Ouray RV parkCaravan site | 2.4 km N |
Slope
Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 59.7% of the 144 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,897 m low point 2,307 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6 km of Box Canyon.
Summit list 3
- 1Sister Peak3,134 m 3.5 km N
- 2Twin Peaks3,314 m 3.5 km N
- 3Whitehouse Mountain4,118 m 5.1 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 582 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Creeping mahonia115
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel89
- Black Swift74
- Mule Deer63
- Bighorn Sheep62
- Evening Grosbeak54
Where Box Canyon sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Box Canyon downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)