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A sightseer's delight, Needles Highway stretches 14 miles through granite structures and pine-covered mountains.
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Needles Highway
No less intriguing than Iron Mountain Road is Needles Highway (Rte. 87), named for the
fingerlike spires that line the road. Twisting and turning like a restless rattler, the route
threads a course through eerie formations of billion-year-old granite, said to resemble
everything from praying hands to pipe organs. To the north, Harney Peak punches the sky-
linewithitsrobustdome.FromidyllicSylvanLake,whereRtes.87and89meet,achallen-
ging three-mile trail leads to the summit and sweeping views of the Black Elk Wilderness
Area.
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