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BLM Canyonlands Overlooks, Utah - Needles Overlook and Anticline Overlook

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Location and Description

To reach these overlooks from Moab, take US191 south past the junction with Utah State Highway 46, then take the signposted road heading west.

Some way along, this road divides for the roads to the two overlooks, left for the Needles Overlook, right for the Anticline Overlook. The road to the Needles Overlook is paved. From the divide, the road to the Anticline Overlook is unpaved.

From the parking area at the end of the Needles Overlook road, you need to take a short trail of a few hundred yards to the overlook itself, which provides a most impressive view - well worth the drive. This trail isn't too obviously marked, and you may end up at a viewpoint giving you less than the full view; be sure to explore a bit to find the best viewpoint.

We haven't visited the Anticline Overlook, which on the opposite side of the Colorado River to Dead Horse Point State Park.

According to Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary the word "anticline" means "an arch-like fold dipping outwards from the fold-axis" (which isn't really much of an explanation).

Entrance Fees

Some Ideas for Places to Stay

• Blanding

• Moab

• Monticello

In the Area

• Arches National Park

• Canyonlands National Park

• Dead Horse Point State Park

• Goosenecks State Park

• Manti - La Sal National Forest

• Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah

• Natural Bridges National Monument

• Newspaper Rock

• Utah State Highway 95 (the Bicentennial Highway)

• Utah State Highway 128 (northeast of Moab)

• Utah State Highway 279 (southwest of Moab)

Bureau of Land Management

Colorado Plateau

Desert Southwest

Grand Circle

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