Devils Tower National Monument
National Monument · Devils Tower, Wyoming
An 867-foot tower of grey columnar rock standing above the pine forest and red-rock valley of the Belle Fourche River in north-east Wyoming, its summit 5,112 feet above sea level. Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed it the first national monument in the United States in 1906. It is sacred to more than twenty Plains tribes — to the Lakota it is Mato Tipila, Bear Lodge — and prayer cloths hang in the trees along its base trail. It is also one of the best-known crack-climbing destinations in North America, with a voluntary climbing closure every June, and the backdrop of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Highway 110, Devils Tower, Wyoming, 82714, United States
Monument grounds open 24 hours, year-round. The visitor centre keeps seasonal hours, longest in summer and reduced or closed in winter. Climbers must register before climbing at any time of year; June is a voluntary climbing closure, and some routes close seasonally for nesting raptors. A per-vehicle entrance fee applies; there is no non-resident surcharge at this site.
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