The igneous rocks that make up the Tower are known as phonolite porphyry. The rocks formed a hexagonal fracture pattern as they cooled creating the unusual look of the Tower. From a distance, the columnar joints aren’t as noticeable, but as you drive closer, you can see how amazing they are. My husband, whose first degree is in geology, objects to my description of them as giant French fries all aligned together to form the monolith, however, to me that’s what it looks like.
We arrived in the afternoon and there were long lines to get into the park. Once in, we were unable to find parking for our large pickup truck and ended up in an RV spot. The Visitors Center, an old log cabin, is packed with information about the area. The Devils Tower Trail and the Red Beds Trail are accessible from the Visitor’s Center parking lot.
I could relate a lot more history and information about this monument, but I recommend that it’s better to visit it yourself. There are several RV At the base amongst the trees and scrub, huge parks and campgrounds in the area. You should angular boulders are scattered everywhere. It call for availability and reservations because seems like the magma pushed its way to the sky, everything seemed filled up when we were there. then stopped. Current theory says the magma I would love to spend a couple of days in this pushed up between the sedimentary rocks laid beautiful area and explore the trails and some of down by inland seas that rose and retreated over the Ranger programs. millennium. Erosion took care of exposing the Devils Tower National Monument is located at harder rock of the Tower and left what we see WY-110, Devils Tower, WY. You can find more today. If you look at the summit of the Tower, information at you can see how the top is fractured and weathered. It is a continuous process of building up and breaking down. Devils Tower sees most of its 80,000 visitors during the summer months. If you plan to visit during their busy season, be aware that parking is limited. PAGE 9