- 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 Tower is a flat-topped, igneous intrusion that looms 1,267 feet (386 m), above Wyoming’s eastern plains and the Belle Fourche River Valley.
- Long an inspiration and attraction for nature lovers and mountain climbers, Devils Tower was the first site to be named a National Monument in the United States.
- Devils Tower was featured in the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which turns the tower into an alien landing site.
- 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.
- Standing almost 1,300 feet (395 m) above the Belle Fourche River, Devils Tower naturally raises questions about its origin.
- Many lavas form hexagon-shaped columns as they cool, but none are as large as the column widths (10 feet) at Devils Tower, or as tall.
- Known as Devils Tower, it is so awe-inspiring that in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established it as the United States’ first national monument...
- We think the best way to experience Devils Tower is to spend a few nights in your tent or RV taking in this unique landscape.
- Below we have a list of things to do in Devils Tower and the places where you want to spend the best moments of your trip.