Box Canyon
Box Canyon is a valley in Grand, Colorado and has an elevation of 10,482 feet. Box Canyon is situated nearby to the locality Willey Lumber Camp.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Richthofen and Nokhu Crags.
Mount Richthofen
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Mount Richthofen is the highest summit of the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,945-foot peak is located 5.6 miles northwest by west of Milner Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide…
Nokhu Crags
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nokhu Crags is a rock formation and mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The name is derived from the Arapaho language, Neaha-no-xhu, meaning "Eagles Nest." The 12,490-foot peak is located in State Forest State Park, 2.5 miles south of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States. Nokhu Crags is situated 2 miles northwest of Box Canyon.
La Poudre Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: U52983, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Poudre Pass, a high mountain pass, is located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The pass straddles the Continental Divide, and separates the headwaters of La Poudre Pass Creek, which joins the Cache la Poudre River and eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico, from the headwaters of the Colorado River, which drains into the Gulf of California. La Poudre Pass is situated 2½ miles east of Box Canyon.
Box Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 10,482 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Grand, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.46859° or 40° 28′ 7″ northLongitude
-105.86751° or 105° 52′ 3″ westElevation
10,482 feet (3,195 metres)Open location code
85GPF49J+CXGeoNames ID
5575058
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