Box Canyon Recreational Shooting Site

Near Maricopa, Arizona

Box Canyon Recreational Shooting Site does not offer reservations through Recreation.gov. Please take a look at the area details below for more information about visiting this location. Enjoy your visit!

Overview

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

Operating Hours

Recreational shooting sites are currently closed due to seasonal fire restrictions. Recreational target shooting is prohibited on BLM-managed public lands during fire restrictions. View the announcement.

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.