• America's First

    Devils Tower

    National Monument Wyoming

Park Statistics

YEAR

TOTAL VISITS

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

2009

393,093

+16.71

2008

338,898

+4.22

2007

324,388

-3.90

2006

336,264

-9.76

2005

371,309

-4.53

2004

388,511

-1.57

2003

394,600

-3.43

2002

408,143

+8.71

2001

372,596

-4.24

2000

388,378

-1.78

1999

395,296

-1.50

1998

401,242

+2.34

1997

391,844

-12.19

1996

439,599

+5.00

1995

417,631

-10.33

1994

460,783

+6.14

1993

432,469

-5.94

1992

458,140

-0.55

1991

460,468

+6.19

1990

432,185

-



Did You Know?

Devils Tower at sunset

It is believed that the Tower got its name when Colonel Dodge's translator misinterpreted the name to mean Bad God's Tower, later shortened to Devils Tower.  Some Indians call it Mato Tipila, meaning Bear Lodge.  Other American Indian names include Bear’s Tipi, Home of the Bear, and Tree Rock.