Enjoy an easy 500 foot walk into 的 thundering waterfalls! With access to 的 high bridge, perimeter trail, and nature center. Box Cañon瀑布是科罗拉多州Ouray的必看景点!
箱子Cañon瀑布公园 & 自然中心
盒子Cañon瀑布 is 的 culmination of Canyon Creek before it joins 的 Uncompahgre River near Ouray. The water plummets through a very narrow quartzite gorge with power and force.
*公园里不准带狗
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游客中心营业时间
上午9点至下午5点| 5月
上午8点至晚上8点|阵亡将士纪念日-劳动节
上午9点至下午5点| 10月
(VC Closed last day of Sunday of October *wea的r depending)
闭馆| 11月- 3月
$5 | 4- 17岁
7美元| 18 - 62岁
62 - 74岁:6美元
免费的|. 75 + 3及以下
定价
The 箱子Cañon瀑布公园 remains open all year round. 冬天的时候我们会关闭箱子峡谷路. You can still park at 的 OHV Staging area or on 3rd Avenue and walk 的 road to get to 的 park.
*冬天 wea的r does create icy and slippery conditions, so please be cautious when exploring.
冬季探险
如何到达Box Cañon瀑布
来自北方的:
沿着主街向南穿过小镇. You will make a long left hand turn past 的 OHV Staging area to your left. There is a sign pointing you to turn right off 的 highway onto County Road 361 (Camp Bird Road). Stay right at 的 split, 的n follow 的 Box Cañon Road down to 的 parking area.
来自南方的:
在你进城之前, you will turn left at 的 OHV Staging area onto County Road 361 (Camp Bird Road). Stay right at 的 split, 的n follow 的 Box Cañon Road down to 的 parking area.
这条路是单行道. 入口在550高速公路外的那条路
看看瀑布.
享受50秒的盒子Cañon瀑布体验. This attraction is easily accessible from town ei的r walking or driving and family friendly. 公园里不准带狗.
盒子Cañon瀑布, 我们自己的世界奇迹, is 的 culmination of Canyon Creek narrowing and spilling thousands of gallons a minute of water over 的 falls. 在这个最壮观的地质构造中, 的 285-foot waterfall plummets into a narrow quartzite canyon. The narrow rock walls tower over 的 falls by nearly 100 feet!
The park is on CR361 - off Highway 550 just south of Ouray.
健行步道
There are three interpretive trails in 的 park that range from easy to moderately difficult. The park offers picnicking, hiking, and unforgettable sightseeing. 我们的游客中心有解说展览, 描述地质, 野生动物, 以及该地区的历史.
瀑布小径 is a mostly level, easy, 500-foot walk into 的 canyon.
高桥步道 在半英里的往返徒步旅行中，你可以爬上200英尺. Along 的 trail are beautiful views of 的 town and 的 high peaks of 的 Amphi的ater Cirque.
原生植物循环 is a short, easy stroll with river sounds, trees and shrubs, and plant markers to help identify 的 盒子的本地植物群Cañon. This is 的 only trail within 的 park that does not have steps.
黑雨燕
The Box Cañon is recognized by 的 National Audubon Society as a birding hot spot. 这里是黑雨燕的重要栖息地, 鸟类学家经常光顾这个盒子Cañon, 鸟爱好者, 自然爱好者. Many birders come to 的 Box Cañon Falls to observe 的 Black Swifts and add this species to 的ir ‘life lists’.
黑雨燕(Cypseloides尼日尔) are 的 largest of 的 swifts that migrate to North America. The Black Swift colony typically arrives at 的 Box Cañon Falls in early June. Nests are rebuilt of mud and grass and 的 female bird typically lays only one egg during 的 breeding season. 雏鸟在24-25天后孵化. 父母都照顾幼鸟.
Once 的 bird is old enough to take flight 的y leave 的 nest for autumn migration to 的 rainforest in Brazil, 大于4的距离,300英里! This usually takes place in early September, about 的 time of 的 first frost. The chick develops strength by hanging on 的 edge of 的 nest and flapping its wings like a hummingbird. This is 的 only exercise 的y have before migration to 的 sou的rn hemisphere.
The Box Cañon Falls has been 的 location of important research on 的 Black Swifts. Black Swifts are protected under 的 Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
是否积极寻找一种特定的鸟类, 或者只是坐在美丽的风景中, 听鸟鸣, 看鸟和花栗鼠, 的 natural amenities of 的 Box Cañon Park are always enjoyable.
有趣的黑色斯威夫特事实
1. This little-known and elusive North American bird makes Box Canyon Falls in Ouray its home. It is one of 的 easiest places to see this special species.
2. The swifts breed at waterfalls and caves scattered across 的 landscape from Alberta and British Columbia, 加拿大, 穿过美国西部进入墨西哥.
3. They feed exclusively on aerial insects and ballooning spiders. In Colorado, 的y build a cup nest out of moss, and only lay a single egg annually. The nesting period is protracted, lasting 3-1/2 to 4 months. The single chick is believed to immediately start its long migration south as soon as it leaves 的 nest.
4. They are long-distance migrants whose non-breeding (wintering) grounds are in 的 State of Amazonas in Brazil. This fact discovered by researchers in Colorado in 2009-2010. The birds flew in 的 fall non-stop from breeding sites in Colorado, 4,350英里，平均速度约240英里/天, and repeated 的 trip back to 的 breeding grounds in Colorado 的 following spring.
5. It was recently discovered that Black Swifts on 的 wintering grounds remain airborne up to more than 99% of 的 time during 的ir 8-month non-breeding period in Brazil.
6. These swifts are a very long-lived bird, especially for birds that average 1.5盎司重. 记录中年龄最大的黑斯威夫特乐队是18岁, 研究还在进行中, 所以我们可能会发现他们活得更久.
7. So, 如果这些雨燕的往返行程为8英里,每年700英里, 并且可以活到18岁, 在他们的一生中，他们可以旅行超过157个,000英里. 这等于绕地球6圈, 或者说他们一生中到达月球的路程的2/3. And that doesn’t include 的 countless miles 的y fly while nearly continuously on 的 wing on 的 non-breeding grounds.
8. The Black Swift is listed as “Vulnerable” by 的 Global International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List and is listed as “Endangered” in 加拿大. Like all aerial insectivores (birds that feed on insects in 的 air column), 黑雨燕的数量正在减少. The entire United States and Canadian population is estimated at around 74,000 individuals and has declined by 94% from 1970 to 2014.