Canyonlands/The Needles Campground

Lorelei Miller

Restrooms were clean. Campground hosts were friendly and helpful. Campground is quiet! So nice to be able to experience the quiet surroundings. Evening presentations by rangers were fun.

Marvin Colwell

Beautiful and very quiet except for all the people driving around looking sites when CAMPGROUND is full

Jeremy Bagamary

Absolutely loved this East entrance to Canyonlands! We loved hiking all the trails and the lots of boondocking.

Salvador Polanco

I've been to over 80% of the National Parks in the lower 48 states, and have camped at every one that I've visited with the exception of Everglades. The National Park system has some of the most amazing campgrounds you'll find anywhere, but after visiting the Needles Campground at Squaw Flat this past March, I do believe I've found my new all time favorite campground. For one thing, the scenic beauty of this campground is hard to top. The campground encircles a large formation of slickrock, which is not only fairly easy to climb for some spectacular views of the Needles and the desert, but also gives a majority of the campsites their own unique formations and features. Mine had a fantastic outcropping that I couldn't have appreciated more on the day it rained. The sites are spacious, with plenty of distance between you and your neighbor. Facilities were clean and functional. But best of all, the campground is situated right next to the trailheads which lead into the network of trails that form a web through the Needles, which is hands down some of the best hiking I've ever experienced. From my campsite, I reached the trailhead in under 10 minutes of walking, and was well into the solitude and beauty of the Needles after just a 20 minute walk from my tent. The open desert around the campground is stunning. This is just an incredibly beautiful place that my words are selling short. It has everything you could possibly want from a National Park campground. This is the best campground I've ever stayed at, and if you make your way to the Needles (which is an adventure in itself), staying here is a no-brainer. Just make sure you get there early if you're going in the spring or fall (aka peak season), as the sites fill up quickly. I got there right at sunrise and had no trouble finding a spot, but as 8AM rolled around, there were people driving the loop who couldn't find a spot and were out of luck.

John Knight

Amazing rock formations and colors