ADVANCEDSouth to the Needles
≈ 3,500 steps + 103 mi by car1.7 mi on foot · 2 days or moreAdvanced II · 8 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.Two days south of town: a roadside arch, the free Needles Overlook at the end of the Canyon Rims road, Newspaper Rock on the way into Indian Creek, then the Needles District's short trails among the banded spires. Canyonlands charges $30 a car for the Needles; the Island in the Sky pass is valid here for seven days. Around 200 miles of driving in all, with little fuel or water.
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