Box Canyon Recreational Shooting Site

Overview

Box Canyon is a recreational shooting sports site with long-range rifle, shotgun, and pistol bays.

Operating Hours

  • Jan. 28 – April 21: 7 am to 6 pm
  • April 22 – Aug. 26: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Aug. 27 – Oct. 7: 7 am to 6 pm
  • Oct. 8 – Jan. 27: 7 am to 5 pm

All sites are closed on Wednesday for maintenance.

Fee proposal

To continue providing a quality recreational experience at current and future Phoenix-area recreational shooting sites, the BLM has issued a draft business plan fee proposal for these sites, in addition to other BLM-managed recreation sites in Arizona.

Amenities

The area includes these amenities:

  • 50-, 100-, 200- and 300-yard shooting lanes with fixed steel targets
  • sporting clay/skeet shooting area
  • shooting platforms
  • gravel parking areas
  • accessible parking spaces
  • information signs and kiosks
  • vault toilets
  • trash receptacles

Site Occupancy

Total maximum site occupancy at Box Canyon is 90 people.

Safety

Emergencies: Call 911

Rules

  • Disorderly or unsafe conduct, including unsafe firearms handling, is prohibited
  • You may not use, possess, consume, or be under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances as defined by State or Federal law.
  • You may only use a site during designated operating hours.
  • You may not enter a site for any purpose other than activities associated with recreational shooting.
  • Do not enter the hazardous exclusion area.
  • Never cross the firing line (even if no other shooters are present). You may only shoot from immediately behind the designated red firing line toward provided steel targets and backstop.
  • Never shoot if a person is down range past the firing line.
  • Do not shoot at wildlife, livestock, or vegetation.
  • You may only shoot at provided steel targets. No personal targets are allowed except for sporting clays at the shotgun skeet range.
  • You must pick up and dispose of all brass, shells, and shooting-related trash immediately after shooting.
  • Do not climb on any buildings and structures.
  • Do not exceed the maximum occupancy posted at each site.
  • Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult while in a site.
  • Clean up after yourself and your pets.
  • Inside the designated recreation area (map), you may only shoot from the designated firing platform with a developed or designated backstop. Hunting within the recreation area is permitted under State regulations.

Targets

  • The pistol and long-range bays have fixed steel targets installed. No personal targets are allowed.
  • Clay targets are allowed in the sporting clay/skeet area.

Ammunition

  • Rifles and handguns are restricted to ammunition that is .50 caliber or less.
  • Shotgun is permitted only at the skeet range and is restricted to birdshot only.
  • Steel core, "green tip," armor-piercing, incendiary, and tracer ammunition and paintball equipment is prohibited.

Fireworks, exploding targets such as Tannerite, and other incendiary devices are prohibited on all BLM Arizona-managed public lands year-round.

Photos

Phoenix District Recreational Target Shooting Sites

Accessibility Description (ABA/ADA)

There are three paved accessible parking spots at the site. Toilets are wheelchair accessible. Shooting platforms are unpaved.

Adventure is at Your Fingertips

Phone

Activities

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RECREATIONAL SHOOTING

Geographic Coordinates

33.012333, -112.151798

Directions

Box Canyon Recreational Shooting Sports Site is in Pinal County west of Maricopa.

  • From the City of Maricopa, travel west on State Route 238 about 6.5 miles.
  • Turn left (south) on Rio Bravo Road for 4.7 miles. Rio Bravo Road becomes Hidden Valley Road.
  • The site is on the west side of Hidden Valley Road.

Fees

Free

Stay Limit

Day use only