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

Fire Restrictions

The BLM Phoenix District's recreational shooting sites are temporarily closed during seasonal fire restrictions.

Overview

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

Operating Hours

Temporarily closed during the BLM Phoenix District's seasonal fire restrictions.

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.