The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park

I will have a few videos of our visit to The Needles district since we covered quite a few places there during our one day visit. This first video shows our stop at the visitor center, Big Spring Canyon Overlook, Slickrock Foot Trailhead Overlook, Pothole Point Overlook, and our picnic spot.
Canyonlands covers a massive area of Utah, and it's separated by three districts. Island in the Sky, The Needles, and The maze. Each district is isolated from each other so you have to drive to each section to see them. Although we mostly showed and visit the driving areas, there's endless miles of hiking trails that will keep someone busy for years exploring!

[lonwillis]

Thanks for taking me with you on your adventures 😊

[beverlymurray]

An amazing park! Thank you so much for taking us along!

[hongkaizhang]

Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic video. We will go there tomorrow to appreciate the beauty of nature.

[juliebradford]

Utah is always Beautiful...I'm from Lake Powell Page, Az

[lorijezek]

Thank you for taking all of us along with you on your adventures!! Just adore you and Abby!!!❤❤❤

[mikerobbins]

Thanks for sharing. We love Moab and really miss not getting to visit for the past 2 years.

[Fairchildflyer]

USA is a beautiful country, have been traveling over 20 years (motorhome) just never get tired of it.

[cliveashley]

Beautiful ❤️😍 video useful information enjoying your video fr Jamaica island 😎 Caribbean

[Uncle-Duncan-Shack]

There's little to beat mountains in the desert.
Comparing scale, SA is a bit all from the USA packed into an area only a bit bigger than than the state of Texas.
In the eastern Freestate which borders Lesotho it looks just like Moab, the sandstone cliffs with dinosaur fossils and in the case of our history, the bushman art on the rocks.
And then 5 hours drive away is our east coast, which is just like being in Florida.
I had a look, the Colorado and Green rivers meet very close to Slickrock.
It's a stunning area, so enjoying you sharing the journey with us viewers.
Kind regards,
Duncan

[pjseiber]

Great job on these videos. If all goes well we plan to make this trip next fall.👍🤤👍

[TheSpirobulldog]

Aaron was stuck in a rock in Blue John Canyon(not actually in Canyonlands). There is a detached 4th section of Canyonlands that is part of the Maze. It is Horseshoe Canyon where the Great Gallery is. When Aaron freed himself he was able to make it to Horseshoe Canyon where he ran into some hikers. There aren't many people that do that hike a day. I would guess 0 to 20 people per day. The day I did it, there were 6 people registered in the book at the beginning of the trail. The day before there had been 10 I noticed. It is an easy trailhead to get to if it hasn't rained and the road is in good shape. We did it in a standard rental car. Use good judgment.
So Aaron was found in the detached section of The Maze in Canyonlands, but he was trapped just outside the park. His car was at that trailhead that I described above. The Great Gallery is fairly easy and non-technical. Blue John I'd a canyonee😢ring route involving some climbs, rappels, and rope use. I would suspect there could be many days or even weeks before people would have found him

[blakecrawford]

I vote for a little cactus garden on the grillin’ and chillin’ pad when you get back home!

[JaimeGalvan]

I can’t wait until my husband and I can do some hiking 🥾 out that way.

[rolandbraithwaite]

From here in the UK thank you for sharing your hikes amazing views

[rally]

I think Canyonlands could my favorite national park. Would be awesome to visit in person. Glad you got to see this. Don't think it would be nice in June-July or August,
would hotter than heck. Only I would be afraid to meet a rattler there EWWW. Also in watching the videos from outdoors, the rock piles are called Cairns. Like watching your videos!!

[tonynagy]

<--- Imagine getting lost in there.... Like you said Adam... Thats scary stuff... Cheers.

[GeorgeAmodei]

That Cafe' is a MUST while in MOAB :) you guys are doing tis right!

[El_Dusty_]

The three districts of canyonlands are separated by the Colorado and Green river. The rivers form a Y junction inside the park which forms the three districts.

[ameyers]

Don't forget you need to do Bryce canyon, capitol Reef, Natural bridges and get out on a boat in Lake Powell.

[PaolaTourGuide]

Which entrance to the park is the needle district. Thank you. Great video