Box Canyon
Box Canyon is a valley in Siskiyou County, Shasta Cascades, California and has an elevation of 2,858 feet. Box Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Azalea, as well as near Pioneer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Siskiyou and Dunsmuir Municipal Airport-Mott Airport.
Lake Siskiyou
Reservoir
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Lake Siskiyou is a reservoir formed by Box Canyon Dam on the Sacramento River, in far northern California, near the town of Mount Shasta, California. It is the site of local recreation, as well as being used for watershed protection and flood control.
Dunsmuir Municipal Airport-Mott Airport
Aerodrome
Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott Airport is three miles north of Dunsmuir, in Siskiyou County, California. It was built as an auxiliary airfield on the San Francisco - Seattle airway. Dunsmuir Municipal Airport-Mott Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Box Canyon.
Box Canyon Dam
Dam
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Box Canyon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Upper Sacramento River impounding Lake Siskiyou reservoir, in Siskiyou County, northern California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Shasta and Shasta Springs.
Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is an incorporated town in Siskiyou County in the Shasta Cascades region of California, at the southwestern foot of Mt. Shasta.
Shasta Springs
Hamlet
Photo: Edward H. Mitchell, Public domain.
Shasta Springs was a popular summer resort during the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Upper Sacramento River in northern California. It was located just north of the town of Dunsmuir, and just north of Upper Soda Springs along the Siskiyou Trail. Shasta Springs is situated 3 miles southeast of Box Canyon.
Dunsmuir
Photo: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunsmuir is a city in Siskiyou County, California. It is on the upper Sacramento River. Its population is 1,707 as of the 2020 census, up from 1,650 from the 2010 census.
Box Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 2,858 feet
- Description: valley in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Siskiyou County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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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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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Azalea and Pioneer.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ney Springs and Box Canyon 1056 Dam.
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