We had not been to the 'Needles District' of Canyonlands NP during our prior visits to Moab. Access to Needles is separate to the more popular 'Island in the Sky' District ... so they don't get as many visitors. Needles concentrates on hiking trails ... and we used several of the shorter ones. The weather threatened all day and by the time we left for Monticello the rain had started ...1 1/4 inches overnite and early the next day, 10% of the Annual Rainfall! Visit Needles, it's great!