15 miles away
Lake Havasu Museum of History
Lake Havasu Museum of History, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
The Needles
A group of rock pinnacles beside Topock Gorge and the Colorado River, rising from 1,207 to over 1,600 feet in the Mojave Mountains.
- Rank in Arizona
- #294of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 42.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
The Needles are a group of rock pinnacles and mountain peaks in Mohave County, Arizona, at the north-western extreme of the Mojave Mountains. They stand within the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to Topock Gorge and the Colorado River, and range from 1,207 feet to over 1,600 feet in elevation.
Where it is
The Needles is a natural landmark near Needles, in Mohave County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for The Needles, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
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London Bridge
The 1830s Thames bridge bought from the City of London in 1968 and rebuilt at Lake Havasu City in 1971.
19 miles away
Lake Havasu State Park
A recreation area on the Colorado River reservoir at Lake Havasu City, with camping, boating and fishing.19 miles away
Havasu 95 Speedway
A 0.25-mile paved oval in Lake Havasu City, the only paved racing circuit in western Arizona, hosting weekly stock car events.
24 miles away
Oatman
A former gold-mining camp in the Black Mountains that grew past 3,500 people in a year and now numbers 102.
27 miles away
Cattail Cove State Park
A state park on the shore of Lake Havasu, 19 miles from Lake Havasu City and eight from the Parker Strip.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Needles
- County
- Mohave County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 22.9
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 34.6760, -114.4380
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12