Destinations · California
Needles
CA · 34.8383, -114.6111
California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway and Old Route 66 - Oatman Road are 2 of 3 signed byways within 30 miles of Needles, California.
Get in
I-40 passes to the south of the city before crossing the Colorado River and entering Arizona.
The same roads run past Oatman, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Needles are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway · inside · national
- Old Route 66 - Oatman Road · 8 mi
- Historic Route 66 · 11 mi · national
Public land
- Mojave Trails National Monument · 4 mi
- Avi Kwa Ame · 16 mi
Lookouts
- Tri-State Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places
- Duke Watkins Park Marker · 0 mi
- Duke Watkins Park · 0 mi
- Needles Regional Museum · 0 mi
- Train Park · 0 mi
- Needles Municipal Aquatics Center · 0 mi
- Santa Fe Park · 0 mi
- Jo Jo Garcia Memorial Sports Complex · 0 mi
- Ed Parry Park · 0 mi
A day out of Needles, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Topock · 11 mi
- Oatman · 18 mi
- Laughlin · 21 mi
- Bullhead City · 22 mi