We visited Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. It was America’s first National Monument, but made famous by the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Passport stamp outside the visitor center:

Model:

Visitor center:

Trail info:

View from West Road:

There’s a prairie dog town on the way to the tower; these burrowing ground squirrels create massive underground colonies. We stopped on the way back:

A video of prairie dogs:

Devils Tower is unusual in that you pay on the way out, probably to avoid a line blocking the KOA campground and shops immediately outside:

On the next day, we went back to do a hike around the tower:

A peek of our coach in the KOA from the tower trail:

A timelapse video of hiking around Devils Tower:

Alpenglow view from West Road:

Such an iconic monument.