• America's First

    Devils Tower

    National Monument Wyoming

Current Climbing Closures

Prairie Falcon

Prairie Falcon

There are currently no climbing closures in effect at Devils Tower.

As normal, the 2012 Voluntary Climbing Closure in respect of Native American ceremonies at the Tower, will begin on June 1st and end July 1st next year.

Did You Know?

Close up of phonolite

Devils Tower is made of phonolite porphyry.  Phonolite refers to the ringing of the rock when a small slab is struck, and its ability to reflect sound. Porphyry refers to its texture, large crystals of feldspar embedded in a mass of smaller crystals.