How about a trip to one of the largest geological deposit of igneous rock? More like Devils Tower Wyoming. Many tourists are fascinated by the just the ginormous pile of rock located in the state of Wyoming. The rock gives the structure a very "monolithic fashion," that gave rise to many American pioneers and legend in the early times. The height of the structure is 1,267 feet from the surrounding area and 5,000 feet above sea level! Which is humongous!! The Devils Tower in Wyoming is also part of the Black Hills mountain chain and is near the Belle Fourche River. But asides from that on September 24, 1906, Devils Tower was declared the first National Monument of the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt. So I think that's pretty cool that this was the first National Monument of the United States.
SECRETS OF DEVILS TOWER:
An unknown fact about Devils Tower is that there were American Indian tall tales of two young Sioux boys who wandered away from their village and i large bear named, Mato tried to consume them when Wakan Tanka, the creator, raised from the ground underneath them. Mato then clawed at the side of the giant rock but ran away forming Bear Butte by Black Hills. Wanglee, the bald eagle came and whisked the boys off the monument and returned them to their village.
Each year dozens and dozens of people try to climb Devils Tower and each side of the monument has their own routes people can climb. Each trail has a different level of climbing for example there's trails that are extremely easy to climb while other trails may be impossible to even attempt. This picture down below show people attempting to climb one of the more moderate routes of the tower.
You can contact the ranger's office at the monument if you have an interest for climbing, and you can climb whenever, but they ask you to refrain from climbing during the month of June to honor the "wishes" of local tribes.
http://www.wyomingtourism.org/thingstodo/detail/Devils-Tower-National-Monument/2900
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