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The Needles Visitor Center

About The Needles Visitor Center

The Needles Visitor Center normally offers exhibits, book & map sales, backcountry permits, information, picnic area, and park rangers on duty. The park orientation movie (15 minutes) is available on demand. Water is available year-round. When the visitor center is closed in winter, you must self-register for backcountry permits outside the visitor center entrance.

Park Passport stamps are available here.

Adapted from National Park Service.

National Park Service visitor center

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Photos of The Needles Visitor Center

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  2. Inside The Needles Visitor Center02Inside The Needles Visitor CenterChris Wonderly · Public domain
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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 32 miles of The Needles Visitor Center; the closest, Museum of Moab, is about 30 miles away.