Earl M. Handy Box Canyon Springs Preserve

Published by Jane Appel on

May 25, 2021

This canyon was formed by the combined actions of flooding thousands of years ago and erosion by water from the springs themselves. We weren’t sure what to expect and took off across the top of the gorge.

Looking towards the springs
We aren’t sure “unimproved” is the right word because there WERE cables for holding on in the steep parts. On the other hand, we were sometimes required to negotiate 2-foot rock scrambles and the viewing platform at the falls was missing.
These falls are about 20 feet in height. We walked in a mixture of sun, clouds, and light showers and felt lucky to catch the falls with sun on them.

The box canyon is one of several units of Thousand Springs State Park. On our way to another unit (stay tuned–it was closed this evening), we passed this wooden aqueduct used to bring water to a hydroelectric plant nearby.

When we were in the area in 2011 we took pictures of water flowing from these rock walls. We were pleased to stumble upon them after we left the box canyon. This is a little video from the current trip showing that the area deserves the name “Thousand Springs”.
SO many waterfalls! This one and the next are side-by-side and are probably spillover from the hydroelectric aqueduct.

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2 Comments

Susan · May 27, 2021 at 4:09 pm

Jane I bet you loved the steep climbs. I think Jay and I are going to be more into getting a small RV and doing what you are doing. Love the waterfalls and I could take great photos….like yours…..but maybe I would try a slow shutter speed???

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    Jane Appel · May 27, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Steep is okay as long as I don’t feel as if I’ll fall. We are playing with very few settings and doing almost no editing. We’re just trying to record memories and neither of us has used anything but our phones in a couple of years.

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