Weaver's Needle

Weavers Needle is a column of rock about 1,000 feet high in the Superstition Mountains, east of Phoenix, Arizona, forming a peak visible for many miles around. It is an erosional remnant of a volcanic plug, left when a thick layer of tuff was heavily eroded, and reaches a summit elevation of 4,555 feet. A large split in one side gives it the appearance of two summits when seen from the side. The surrounding country is desert of cactus and mesquite, with large saguaro prominent. The peak is named after the mountain man Pauline Weaver. It figures in the accounts of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, in which the shadow of the needle is said to mark a rich vein of gold, and hundreds of people have searched the area on that basis. The summit is reached by a four-pitch traditional climb, none of its pitches rated harder than 5.3, and no permit is required to walk to it, climb it or camp on top. The Sawtooth Fire burned the surrounding area in June 2020.

Where it is

Weaver's Needle is a natural landmark near Apache Junction, in Pinal 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 Weaver's Needle, 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.