Devils Tower National Monument Visitors Center - Devils Tower, WY
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N 44° 35.419 W 104° 43.211
13T E 522210 N 4937479
"Held sacred by Native American tribes, this climbable rock formation is the first national monument." ~ NPS
Waymark Code: WMPRVB
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2015
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County of visitors center: Crook County
Location of center: WY-110, Devils Tower circle
Phone:(307) 467-5283
Ranger led interpretive programs are offered Memorial Day to Labor Day. The Devils Tower Visitor Center and Bookstore are open and staff are available for questions.
Originally called Devil's Tower Lodge, this building was one of the National Park Service's grand lodges. It has since been turned into the monument's visitor center and is full of interactive displays to teach visitors about the geology, history, flora and fauna of the area.
Devils Tower Trivia
• In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt named the tower the United States’ first national monument.
• It had a starring role in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
• Also known as Bears Lodge, the tower is considered a sacred worship site by many Native Americans who leave colorful prayer cloths tied to trees near its base (please don’t disturb them).
• According to the park service, “When the proclamation establishing Devils Tower was published, the apostrophe was unintentionally dropped from 'Devil’s' — and this clerical error was never officially corrected.” ~ Wyoming Tourism
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