Box Canyon Trail
Arizona
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0.4 mi
Distance
244 ft
Gain
9 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Tonto National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Box Canyon Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 244 ft
- Elevation loss
- 244 ft
- Highest point
- 5,710 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,537 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Box Canyon Trail is a short out-and-back hike in Arizona covering 0.72 miles with 244 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,710 feet.
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