Box Canyon Overlook sits at 5,324 feet on the Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway, at mile 17 of 28, facing 330 degrees. The terrain drops 640 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. Heat Wave Butte rises to the north at 0.7 mi (5,316 ft), while the Monitor and Merrimac Viewpoint lies west at 2.4 mi (5,045 ft). Monitor Butte and Merrimac Butte stand west-northwest at 2.7 mi (5,477 ft) and 3.1 mi (5,620 ft) respectively; Merrimac Butte is a sandstone summit formed of Entrada Sandstone over a Carmel Formation base, with vertical walls about 200 feet tall. Pasture Butte and Determination Towers are visible to the northwest at 3.9 mi (5,214 ft) and 4.2 mi (4,941 ft). Moab lies 9.2 miles east-southeast, Castle Valley 15.3 miles east, and Green River 35.1 miles northwest. West Arths Rim Overlook precedes this stop on the byway, with Sevenmile Tributary Canyon Overlook following. Sunrise and sunset vary by season, ranging from a 05:55 sunrise at the June solstice to a 07:34 sunrise at the December solstice, with sunsets between 17:01 and 20:47 across the year.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 19:31 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:47 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 19:17 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 17:01 | 16:20 |
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Mile 17 of 28 along Dead Horse Point Mesa Scenic Byway.
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Merrimac Butte is a 5,627-foot (1,715-metre) sandstone summit located in Grand County, Utah, United States, about 12 miles northwest of the town of Moab. Merrimac Butte is a thin, 200–600-foot-wide and 1,600-foot-long east-to-west butte with 200-foot-tall vertical Entrada Sandstone walls overlaying a Carmel Formation base.
Box Canyon Overlook sits at about 5,324 feet (1,623 m).
From Box Canyon Overlook: Heat Wave Butte (N, 0.7 mi); Monitor and Merrimac Viewpoint (W, 2.4 mi); Monitor Butte (WNW, 2.7 mi); Merrimac Butte (WNW, 3.1 mi).
Moab, 9.2 miles ESE of Box Canyon Overlook.
Sevenmile Tributary Canyon Overlook is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Box Canyon Overlook.
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