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Devils Tower

Devils Tower
Matȟó Thípila (Lakota)
Devils Tower CROP.jpg
Devils Tower, 2005
Highest point
Elevation 5,112 ft (1,558 m)  NAVD 88
Coordinates 44°35′25″N 104°42′55″W / 44.59028°N 104.71528°W / 44.59028; -104.71528Coordinates: 44°35′25″N 104°42′55″W / 44.59028°N 104.71528°W / 44.59028; -104.71528
Geography
Location Crook County, Wyoming, US
Parent range Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills
Topo map USGS Devils Tower
Geology
Mountain type Laccolith
Climbing
First ascent William Rogers and Willard Ripley, July 4, 1893
Easiest route Durrance Route
Devils Tower National Monument
Map showing the location of Devils Tower National Monument
Map showing the location of Devils Tower National Monument
Location in the United States
Nearest city Hulett, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°35′25″N 104°42′55″W / 44.59028°N 104.71528°W / 44.59028; -104.71528
Area 1,346 acres (5.45 km2)
Established September 24, 1906 (1906-September-24)
Visitors 395,203 (in 2011)
Governing body National Park Service
Website Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower (also Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.

Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).

In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climbed Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.

The name Devil's Tower originated in 1875 during an expedition led by Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, when his interpreter reportedly misinterpreted a native name to mean "Bad God's Tower". All information signs in that area use the name "Devils Tower", following a geographic naming standard whereby the apostrophe is eliminated.

Native American names for the monolith include: "Bear's House" or "Bear's Lodge" (or "Bear's Tipi", "Home of the Bear", "Bear's Lair"; Cheyenne, Lakota Matȟó Thípila, Crow Daxpitcheeaasáao "Home of Bears"), "Aloft on a Rock" (Kiowa), "Tree Rock", "Great Gray Horn", and "Brown Buffalo Horn" (Lakota Ptehé Ǧí).


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