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Red-and-white Needles standing in a stone city
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Fig. 1Red-and-white Needles standing in a stone city

Photo: Molas · CC BY-SA 2.5

Landform

Cedar Mesa sandstone weathered into a forest of red-and-white striped spires, grabens, and grassy parks. The quieter half of Canyonlands.

Field note

The Needles sit south of the Colorado–Green confluence. Chesler Park is a meadow ringed by spires. Most visitors stop at Island in the Sky; this district is still a dirt-road country.

Views & peaks

Inside this plate

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Stamp each view as you reach it; the plate seals when every one is inked.

A private leaf

Prints from The Needles


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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