Box Canyon Road in NM

Road corridorBLM, Socorro

5.9 mi from Socorro

Maps 5,503 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.8–1 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 25 mi

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Difficult

All 1.8 miles of this road are maintained only for low-range 4WD, gravel the whole way.
Near Black Canyon Trailhead.
A water crossing 0.6 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.1 and mile 1.8: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
A river runs 0.1 mi off.
Timber Peak stands 4,997 ft above the map pin, 9.8 miles west.

Within Las Cruces District (including Socorro Field Office)…4) Camp longer than 14 days in any 28 day period, after 14 days must move beyond 25 mile radius
Camping rules

October normals 42–73°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Box Canyon Road in NM -- Camping Rules & Access