- Geologists determined that Devils Tower in Wyoming was formed not by the prayers of scared little girls, but as the result of an ancient volcano.
- Devils Tower National Monument, located in the Black Hills of northeastern Wyoming, is 1,262 feet high, a startling monolith rising up out of the flat lands around it.
- devils-tower52. Most of the original Native American names for the tower include a reference to the bear described in this legend.
- Devils Tower became the first national monument, established that same year. Rising 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, Devils Tower is hard to miss.
- You may remember the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, when Richard Dreyfuss fills his living room with dirt and garbage to sculpt a replica of Devils Tower.
- In recent years, about 1% of the monument's 400,000 annual visitors climbed Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.
- A minimum of two weeks advanced notice is required to book a Devils Tower trip. The trip from Jackson Hole to the Tower usually takes between eight and ten hours.
- Devils Tower National Park contains 1,347 acres of the hills and plains the Black Hills are known for and the immense Devils Tower, which stands over 1,000 feet...
- The name "Devil's Tower" was inspired by the Devil's Tower National Monument land formation in Wyoming.
- Devils Tower, Wyoming, USA- July 18, 2016: In 1906 President Teddy Roosevelt designated Devils Tower as the nation’s first national monument.