Devils Tower National Monument

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national monument protected area rock formation sacred site tourist attraction

Devils Tower National Monument is a striking igneous rock formation in northeastern Wyoming renowned as a sacred site to Native American tribes and a popular destination for climbers and sightseers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Devils Tower	1
Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national monument ⓘ protected area ⓘ rock formation ⓘ sacred site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
administeredBy	National Park Service ⓘ
annualVisitors	over 400000 ⓘ
area	about 1347 acres ⓘ approximately 5.45 km² ⓘ
climbingRegulations	voluntary climbing closure in June for cultural observances ⓘ
contains	Belle Fourche River ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance	site of Native American ceremonies ⓘ
designation	U.S. National Monument ⓘ
elevation	1558 m ⓘ 5112 ft ⓘ
established	1906-09-24 ⓘ
establishedBy	Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: President Theodore Roosevelt
featuredIn	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ surface form: film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
geologicalType	igneous intrusion ⓘ laccolithic butte ⓘ monolith ⓘ
hasFeature	columnar jointing ⓘ meadows and forests ⓘ vertical rock columns ⓘ
heightAboveSurroundings	about 264 m ⓘ about 867 ft ⓘ
IUCNCategory	III ⓘ
legalBasis	Antiquities Act of 1906 ⓘ
locatedIn	Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Crook County, Wyoming ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northeastern Wyoming ⓘ
nearestTown	Hulett, Wyoming ⓘ Hulett, Wyoming ⓘ surface form: Sundance, Wyoming
notableFeature	Devils Tower National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Devils Tower
officialWebsite	https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm ⓘ
partOf	United States National Park System ⓘ surface form: National Park System
popularFor	hiking ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ
rockType	igneous rock ⓘ
sacredTo	Arapaho people ⓘ Cheyenne people ⓘ Crow people ⓘ Kiowa people ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Lakota people
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
visitorCenter	Devils Tower National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center

Referenced by (5)

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U.S. National Monument → firstExample → Devils Tower National Monument ⓘ

Wyoming → hasNationalMonument → Devils Tower National Monument ⓘ

Devils Tower National Monument → notableFeature → Devils Tower National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Devils Tower

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → notableLocation → Devils Tower National Monument ⓘ

subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Devils Tower National Monument → visitorCenter → Devils Tower National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Devils Tower National Monument Visitor Center