Box Canyon

Box Canyon is a valley in , , and has an elevation of 2,858 feet. Box Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Siskiyou and Dunsmuir Municipal Airport-Mott Airport.

Reservoir
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a formed by on the , in far northern , near the town of . It is the site of local recreation, as well as being used for watershed protection and flood control.

Aerodrome
Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott Airport is three miles north of , in . It was built as an auxiliary airfield on the San Francisco - Seattle airway. is situated 2½ miles east of Box Canyon.

Dam
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper impounding reservoir, in , northern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Shasta and Shasta Springs.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is an incorporated town in in the region of , at the southwestern foot of Mt. Shasta.

Hamlet
Photo: Edward H. Mitchell, Public domain.
was a popular summer resort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Upper in . It was located just north of the town of , and just north of along the Siskiyou Trail. is situated 3 miles southeast of Box Canyon.

Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . It is on the upper . Its population is 1,707 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,650 at the 2010 census.

Box Canyon

Latitude
41.26765° or 41° 16′ 4″ north
Longitude
-122.31668° or 122° 19′ west
Elevation
2,858 feet (871 metres)
Open location code
84HV7M9M+38
Geo­Names ID
5560259
Wiki­data ID
Q49780054
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Satellite Map

Discover Box Canyon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Box Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Box Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, California, Siskiyou County, lat 41,27, long -122,32)”
  • Cebuano: “Box Canyon”

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