A Needle Canyon has existed in the Superstition Mountain region on maps since early military days. On today's maps Needle Canyon lies immediately east of Weaver's Needle and west of Bluff Springs Mountain.
Lets examine some of the variations associated with Needle Canyon over the past century.
At one time maps revealed a North Needle Canyon and a South Needle Canyon. The North Needle Canyon is today's East Boulder Canyon and South Needle Canyon is today's Peralta Canyon. Peralta Canyon was named in 1935 by the Phoenix Dons Club. Prior to the Dons Club's naming of Peralta Canyon the canyon was known as Willow. This even adds more confusion to place names in the area.