Needle Rock Natural Area[1] is located at the western edge of the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

The surrounding terrain is characterized by laccolithic mountains flanked by precipitous cliffs, extensive talus aprons, forested mesas, canyons, and spacious, well-watered intermontane basins.

[2] Needle Rock is an intrusive plug of monzonite porphyry[3] cropping out 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east-northeast (bearing 68°) of the Town of Crawford in Delta County, Colorado, United States.

[2] Subsequent erosion has exposed the prominent rock formation seen in the natural area today.

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