The Needles

The Needles: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit The Needles

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach The Needles — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.16467, -111.03574. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near The Needles

• Bear River State Park · sanctuary · Uinta · ~17 km · Must-see
• Medicine Butte · viewpoint · Rich · ~29 km · Must-see
• Humpy Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~41 km · Must-see
• Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest · sanctuary · Summit · ~54 km · Must-see
• Devil's Slide · viewpoint · Morgan · ~55 km · Must-see
• Kletting Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~59 km · Must-see
• Cuberant Lake · lake · Summit · ~60 km · Must-see
• Causey Dam · lake · Weber · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mount Marsell · viewpoint · Summit · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hayden Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~63 km · Must-see
• Wasatch National Forest · sanctuary · Summit · ~63 km · Must-see
• Mount Beulah · viewpoint · Summit · ~64 km · Must-see
• Notch Mountain · viewpoint · Summit · ~64 km · Must-see
• Ostler Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see
• Rockport Reservoir · lake · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see
• Reids Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see
• Mount Watson · viewpoint · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Duchesne · ~66 km · Must-see

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near The Needles

• Medicine Butte · viewpoint · Rich · ~29 km · Must-see
• Humpy Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~41 km · Must-see
• Devil's Slide · viewpoint · Morgan · ~55 km · Must-see
• Kletting Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~59 km · Must-see
• Mount Marsell · viewpoint · Summit · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hayden Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~63 km · Must-see
• Mount Beulah · viewpoint · Summit · ~64 km · Must-see
• Notch Mountain · viewpoint · Summit · ~64 km · Must-see
• Ostler Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see
• Reids Peak · viewpoint · Summit · ~65 km · Must-see

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