Rock columns
Vertical and parallel.
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Devils Tower, also known by Native names such as Mato Tipila, «Bear's Lodge», is a butte of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge district of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River, about 131 km northwest of Rapid City in a straight line. The tower rises 386 metres above the river and 264 metres from summit to base, with its top at 1,558 metres above sea level. It was the first national monument in the United States, proclaimed by President Theodore Roosevelt on 24 September 1906. The name «Devil's Tower» arose in 1875 when an interpreter reportedly mistranslated a Native name, and Native peoples know it by many names, including Bear's House and Aloft on a Rock. The grey tower, ribbed with parallel vertical rock columns, rises from green pine forest like the stump of a giant tree, with piles of fallen boulders around its base, and glows gold at sunset. Visitors walk the Tower Trail, which circles its base for about 2 km, viewing the columns from different angles. The site is sacred to many Native peoples, so leave the prayer cloths and offerings tied to trees undisturbed.
Vertical and parallel.
Around the base.
A golden glow.
Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, United States
About 2 km.
Yes, to many Native peoples.