diff --git a/include/geode/geometry/bounding_box.hpp b/include/geode/geometry/bounding_box.hpp
index a3e4fb564..651ffee14 100644
--- a/include/geode/geometry/bounding_box.hpp
+++ b/include/geode/geometry/bounding_box.hpp
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ namespace geode
         [[nodiscard]] std::tuple< local_index_t, double >
             largest_length() const;
 
+        [[nodiscard]] double n_volume() const;
+
         [[nodiscard]] std::string string() const;
 
     private:
diff --git a/src/geode/geometry/bounding_box.cpp b/src/geode/geometry/bounding_box.cpp
index eba8fe22e..85ed00985 100644
--- a/src/geode/geometry/bounding_box.cpp
+++ b/src/geode/geometry/bounding_box.cpp
@@ -508,6 +508,18 @@ namespace geode
         return -inner_distance;
     }
 
+    template < index_t dimension >
+    double BoundingBox< dimension >::n_volume() const
+    {
+        double volume{ 1.0 };
+        const auto box_extent = diagonal();
+        for( const auto c : geode::LRange{ dimension } )
+        {
+            volume *= ( box_extent.value( c ) );
+        }
+        return volume;
+    }
+
     template < index_t dimension >
     std::string BoundingBox< dimension >::string() const
     {