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Box-Death Hollow Wilderness

Where: Boulder, UT (Garfield County)
Indoors or outdoors: Outdoors
Good for: outdoor lovers
Phone: +1 435-826-5499

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Box-Death Hollow Wilderness offers dramatic canyon views with towering gray-orange Navajo sandstone walls above two Escalante River tributaries in south-central Utah. Hikers and canyon enthusiasts will appreciate this remote wilderness area. The steep terrain that gives the area its name makes this suitable for experienced visitors.

Updated October 22, 2026

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Box-Death Hollow Wilderness is a 25,751 acres (104 km2) wilderness area located in south-central Utah, United States, on the Dixie National Forest. Vertical gray-orange walls of Navajo sandstone stand above two canyon tributaries of the Escalante River in Box-Death Hollow. The name Death Hollow gives reference to a number of livestock that plunged to their death trying to cross the steep canyon.

About Box-Death Hollow Wilderness

Box-Death Hollow Wilderness is one of 36 nature areas and viewpoints in Boulder on Go Do, in Garfield County. It's an outdoor activity. 82 other nature areas and viewpoints are within 30 miles; the closest is Death Hollow, about 4.5 miles away. It suits outdoor lovers.