Canyonlands National Park | Needles District | Cave Springs, Pothole Point & Wooden Shoe Arch

Canyonlands National Park is split into three districts, with the most popular being Island in the Sky and the most difficult to reach being The Maze. The Needles District falls right in the middle as it is easy to access but not near as popular as Island in the Sky. I have been to both and found that both were well worth exploring. This video showcases the one day my dad and I spent in the park. During that time we hiked the Cave Springs Trail, visited Pothole Point and drove the Elephant Hill Trail. Let me know what your favorite spot is in the comments.
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0:00 Intro
0:36 Newspaper Rock
1:09 Entering Park & Visitor Center
1:51 Roadside Ruin Trail
3:25 Cave Spring Trail
6:40 Wooden Shoe Arch
6:53 Elephant Hill Drive
7:14 Elephant Hill Trailhead
7:44 Needles Viewpoint
8:16 Pothole Point
10:06 Big Spring Canyon Overlook
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[@carlcotton1753]

great trip! i'm a disabled vet in a big wheelchair that can't hike. So i really love your videos that make feel like i am on a hike! thank you for all the enjoyment you bring! all the best

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoy the videos and thank you for your service to our country!

[@sandrawaggoner4719]

The best video of the needles district. Thank you for sharing!

[@inthecouchproductions8103]

I watch these videos every winter and dream of getting back out into the mountains when spring comes.

[@remembergodisalwayswithyou6862]

Hello guys from Morocco 🙌 God bless America ❤

[@ThroughMyLens]

Wow I would love to go to Morocco one day!

[@debbirbodner5358]

Its amazing each movie I see when these two men shows the difference places they visit. Such beautiful places and I learn alot of our states with my boyfriend.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@christopherlands2706]

Love this!!

[@cesarjimenez9390]

Man.. your videos are so professionally made that it’s impossible not to enjoy them. Very interesting 👍🏻, you and your dad make a great team. Keep those videos coming 👏👏

[@ThroughMyLens]

I appreciate that!

[@beereal5107]

Thank you and Pop's for sharing with us so often ! I am not currently in a position to support anyone's channel financially, but I can express my gratitude. I am very, very grateful for all you do for us, and for all you share with us. God bless you and yours more and more !

[@ThroughMyLens]

Really appreciate the comment and you watching the video!

[@ptywgn57]

You are a great tour guide! I love your videos and that you always travel with your Pops!

[@sammychicken3457]

Thank you so much. I always look forward to the notifications for your upcoming episodes. I can only wonder about the history of the area & also how many western movies were made there. Again, Thankyou & safe travels from Adelaide, South Australia.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks for watching from Australia!

[@elg3eco]

THX for all you very interesting videos - pleas keep continuing; especially with your dad - so I know I can also do the hikes

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks, will do!

[@ChanceB02]

Omg I love this!!

[@Ostrom38]

I love the needles district. So underrated.

[@bruceso797]

Great video! I’ve got to get there someday soon.

[@pamgaines970]

Love your road trips. Thank you so much❣️

[@Timmy-ey4nt]

Love to see your VDO that inspiring me to go back again.. Thanks so much and send u a million likes 👍😘

[@SuperHyee]

Magnificent !

[@joeharoutunian1805]

You do a great job. Wonderful that your dad can be with you. Even tho it’s a nice guitar I would prefer with no music. The landscape has a voice of its own. I know, that’s one persons opinion but it’s at least worthy of consideration. Thanks again for bringing this incredible landscape to those of us who can no longer make the trip. We can make it with you any time we feel like it.

[@kaymad143]

Thank you for showing Canyonlands, my sister and I are going there next fall! I love the way you tell us about it! I did hit the subscribe button!

[@paulbuchan7502]

I think you have the secret sauce recipe for film production,well done!

[@hikingelevated]

The Chesler Park Loop, combined with Druid Arch is beyond amazing. Next time, you should do it.

[@ThroughMyLens]

I would love to, hopefully next time!

[@rhondaz356]

This was such an interesting, and informative video. I really enjoyed it. 👏☀️👏

[@ThroughMyLens]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@joewenzel5142]

Beautiful scenery.

[@ThroughMyLens]

It really is!

[@C-TOS]

I needer this video today. Thanks.

[@beebeesfuntasticadventures6110]

Well edited, awesome, amazing, beautiful, watched till the end.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thank you very much!

[@Kraz-e]

Let’s go nice content 👋

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks!

[@rlaw7548]

Can’t wait to visit

[@ThroughMyLens]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@vochaalloy33]

Well done gentlemen.

[@passingthroughtime3033]

Beautiful spots. Great video! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks 👍

[@michellemercado1599]

Those amazing Indian national lands are breath taking.

[@kar4938]

Four wheeling over Elephant Hill is the way to get to the best areas in The Needles. Devil's Kitchen has very cool campsites, #4 is best IMO. Chesler Park is beautiful and the view of the confluence of the Colorado and Green Rivers is awesome. The hike to Druid Arch is over 10 miles round-trip, but definitely worth the effort. Can't wait to get back there again this October.

[@sweetfingers12]

What time of year was this filmed? Beautiful and informative video. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidnewhouse9403]

Looks amazing Josh. Can’t wait for the next road trip video

[@ThroughMyLens]

Got the full Utah one coming in a few weeks and just finished Pacific Coast Highway road trip as well (prob a few months for that one though)

[@davidnewhouse9403]

@@ThroughMyLens Take your time. I’m hoping you guys will do a east coast road trip with Pennsylvania and a few other states in there. That would be great to do in the fall.

[@DONNABROWN1959]

Great job! You video what I can’t walk. Thank you! Have you visited any Indiana state parks? Prayers and Blessings always

[@DovieRuthAuthor]

Awesome video! I heard that the Elephant Hill Road is so treacherous that it's faster to walk it than drive. Haha!

[@ThroughMyLens]

haha good to know!

[@cesarjimenez9390]

Thanks!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Very kind of you, thank you!!

[@davidlundquist1979]

I was just in Canyonlands in February, and visited the Needles for the first time. I also got a little lost at Pothole Point, though not for long. I somehow missed the Cave Springs Trail completely, but you guys seem to have missed what I thought was the most impressive day hike, the Slickrock Foot Trail that starts just up the hill from the end of the road. It's 2.4 miles round trip, without much elevation change. Though there are enough little up and downs that my legs, which were still sore from hiking the Landscape Arch and Delicate Arch trails in Arches the day before, were protesting by the end. Anyway, great video! The zoom in my camera isn't nearly as good as yours, so I just got a much better view of the actual Needles than when I was there in person.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Bummer, we will need to go back and do that hike! Totally missed it

[@outbackwack368]

Excellent! Do you and pops use the Passport Book?

[@passingthroughtime3033]

Approx 20 years ago we were driving through needles, and I got a hefty ticket for no seatbelt. The cop was hiding behind a pile of rocks and sand. I was mad about it for years.

[@ThroughMyLens]

haha that is a bummer!

[@soupysoup931]

no bro sures :wink: ; great vid

[@kevinstrahle9687]

Very cool especially newspaper rock. Looks like a very under estimated part of the park for now. So how would you rate the mighty 5 favorite to least in your opinion. I understand they each have there own beauty

[@ThroughMyLens]

In the main video that I will put out soon on the trip we recorded our thoughts on which we liked the best but I think it was Arches, Bryce, Zion, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef for me. All of them are so amazing though

[@reisingup]

My daughter and I just drove across the country and stopped at many national parks and enjoyed all of them so much! We may have to go for another cross country trek and visit this park and others we missed. This looks like a really beautiful park!...btw shoe head really does look like a shoe👞!

[@ThroughMyLens]

So many national parks to explore! Always a good time for another road trip 😀

[@jokeroneninesevenzero]

Awesome rocks, definitely looks like a shoe. I love trying to find rocks that look like things in my area. Great video Josh!

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks 👍

[@jeffmartin5106]

😁👌

[@ginkarasu]

Hey Josh, I'm rather new to the channel, and I was wondering if you are going to upload one big video featuring all these videos, as you did with the Route 66 and Alaska videos? Or is it a new format.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Yep, I will have one big video of the entire trip but I like to make videos of each national park on their own as well

[@CESmith]

Nicely done! Love the trail to Chessler Park, I'd recommend everyone start the trail even if you are only there for a short bit. It's a steep climb out of the canyon but the views at the top are amazing.

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks for the tips! I hope to do it next time

[@PickUps]

PLEASE state the town and the state somewhere in the beginning of the video, the title, or the desc. This is maybe the 3rd one in a row ive skipped because i dont wanna google where it is. cheers

[@ThroughMyLens]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@joewenzel5142]

It just dawned on me did they name the town of Needles after those needle rocks? Or is this place no where near there. I'm watching a movie simultaneously and am a little distracted.

[@ThroughMyLens]

The town of Needles in CA has its own rocks called the needles actually

[@miahmarieeeeee]

Here

[@joewenzel5142]

Definitely looks like a wooden shoe.