Field note

The Needles stand as red-and-white ranks on the far benches. Junction Butte and the Island sit north. The Canyon Rims road is paved to this rim; Windwhistle Campground sits on the approach. This plate is the BLM Needles Overlook, not the Needles district trails and not Island in the Sky.

Needles Overlook is the paved BLM Hatch Point rim looking west into the Needles district. Windwhistle Campground sits on the Canyon Rims approach. Striped Cedar Mesa towers sit on the far benches; Junction Butte and the Island hold the north. This plate is Canyon Rims, not Chesler Park and not Island in the Sky.