Needles, California | |
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Top: Needles Theatre (left), town sign (right); bottom: El Garcés. | |
Coordinates: 34°50′53″N 114°36′51″W / 34.84806°N 114.61417°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | San Bernardino County |
Incorporated | October 30, 1913[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 31.08 sq mi (80.49 km2) |
• Land | 30.58 sq mi (79.20 km2) |
• Water | 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) 1.49% |
Elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,931 |
• Density | 160/sq mi (61/km2) |
Website | www |
Needles is a small city in San Bernardino County, California. It is in the hot, dry Mojave Desert, on the west side of the Colorado River. Needles is across the river from Arizona, and about 12 miles from Nevada. It is along Interstate 40. As of 2020, 4,931 people live there.[4]