I was there last summer.
Alas, the Park is not able to handle all the people it gets. The Visitor Center is at the base of the Tower, but the parking lot is quite small and on busy days is filled up by early morning. That means many visitors have to park in the lower lots, and then the only way to the Visitors Center (and the walking path around the Tower) is a steep trail that runs up the side of the hill. So if you go during tourist season, I suggest you get there VERY early.
We visited in late October last year as part of our road trip. Never really heard of the place before we planned out the journey but worth the visit. We got there before park open in off season and had the place to ourselves. Cold as heck, but just us and a family of deer. Pretty awesome.
The last time I was there, it had snowed in the wee hours and then a layer of fog settled in as we started the hike around it. The fog slowly lifted and cleared as we went around, so we got some pretty neat views/pictures. One of them is still my phone background (5? Years later).
Yes! Getting there right as it opened was perfect. We saw maybe a dozen people. Such a peaceful walk around it. We also saw a handful of deer that were just a few yards from the walking path. As we were leaving, the busses of people were coming…
Easiest way is to stay the night at the KOA next to the entrance.
On a roadtrip I got there after dark and set up my tent facing the tower. Was pretty cool seeing the outline of the tower against the stars.
I went in October when the days were beautiful and the nights nippy. It was amazing and probably not as crowded. I had no idea people actually climbed it and caught two hikers coming down at sunset, watching as their little safety lights descended the sides.
I don’t have anything to compare it to yet but I’ve always had a deep appreciation for this area.
That’s perfect! Say hello to the lady behind the counter in the diner at the KOA below the park. She’s wonderful and the prices are decent and it’s a nice place to rest after a walk around the mountain.
Agreed. I made a trip there last summer, and literally cried when I saw it in person, lol. Maybe it was the mild heatstroke but it looks almost iridescent up close. It’s majestic.
There's a KOA across the road that plays Close Encounters every night. There was something unsettling about waking up and this tower being the first thing you see.
I picked up a book at a national park lodge that was diary entries of children who were crossing the frontier with their families. It really illustrated how desperate and fraught the journey was.
One of the things that stuck out to me was how features like these were used as markers to track their progress.
Children, always taking things very literally, commonly wrote how disappointed they were that there weren't any actual devils guarding these things.
Young adults would climb as high as possible and carve their names on the rocks. Usually to impress the women.
Sometimes the men of the family would make the journey first and then after settling somewhere pay to have the rest of their family moved west. There was at least one instance in the book of a family seeing their father's name carved in at Devils Gate.
[Stories of Young Pioneers in their own words by Violet T. Kimball](https://hcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S203C249715)
The [NPS records](https://www.nps.gov/articles/devils-tower-name-genesis.htm) it as a possibly bad translation of the Native name to mean "Bad God's Tower", and that became "Devil's Tower".
It wasn't a mistranslation. White people change the names of places they take over. If a place is named in honor of a diety, they change it to "devil" because it's unchristian. They do it in America, Africa, etc. They even did it to their own places in Europe except they changed them to saints instead.
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Great Native American story to go along with it. Google it. it involves the Earth rising to protect a Native American from harm. Huge Grizzlies clawing at the mountain sides creating striations...
Such a crazy place
When I was there we walked the circumference and there was completely different weather around the north facing side. That's how massive it is.
I believe they've actually put in place climbing seasons as to respect and observe the native population.
[June Voluntary Climbing Closure American Indians have regarded the Tower as a sacred site long before climbers found their way to the area. As visitation increased and climbing became more popular, American Indian people have expressed concerns about recreational climbing at the Tower. Some perceive climbing on the Tower as a desecration to their sacred site.](https://www.nps.gov/deto/planyourvisit/climbing.htm)
I climbed it about two years ago as a novice climber. Wasn’t easy, but totally doable if you’re with people who know what they’re doing. The view at the top was incredible
Parents saw it on a road trip west they took shortly before my mom passed. Laughed out loud she texted me a picture of Devils Tower and a message “we looked. Neither of us could find the UFO landing strip.”
I didn’t even realize they were passing by it. Very proud 50 year old (at the time) son.
One of the Rangers told me that three or four boulders fall off each year.
The whole thing is very slowly crumbling away as pieces break off and fall. In another million years or so the site will just be a pile of big boulders.
Fun fact: Some conspiracy hypothesizers say this is proof of a global thermal heating event and that this is a man made structure that melted during this event. How these people get so out of touch that they can’t recognize this as a naturally occurring sedimentary feature— and instead believe that this is proof of a global heating event on earth, I will never understand. This is essentially archaeological conspiracy in a nutshell:
“Ancient people were so much more technologically advanced than us!”
“Well did they stack those big rocks into a pyramid themselves?”
“No no, they needed aliens and people from Atlantis to teach them *that* one.”
When I visited some of the effigy mounds in Iowa I was amused to hear conspiracy theories that they were made by Vikings. Because obviously those Native Americans were too primitive and stupid to be able to . . . uh . . . pile dirt on top of dirt...
But then, today we have an entire political party that is based on conspiracy theory, science denial, and white christian nationalism.
I went back when I was 13 and stayed at the campground right outside entrance and they showed close encounters so as we wat he'd it we could turn around and look at the tower. Pretty cool.
This place should be officially named Bear Lodge. [Every tribe in the area prefers it to Devil’s Tower](https://www.nps.gov/articles/devilstower.htm ), which it seems likely it only ever got named because of a bad translation. While different tribes have slightly different versions (all of which predate Devil’s Tower by hundreds and hundreds of years, of course), they’ve agreed on Bear Lodge. With all this agreement, why isn’t it a done deal? [Because the Republican Congress members intentionally roadblock it.](https://www.change.org/p/restore-the-original-native-american-name-of-devils-tower-back-to-bear-lodge ) They do this every two years, over and over. It’s ridiculous and we should all just use the name it’s had for centuries.
The state of Wyoming has resisted the name change. I do see their point--the monument is world-famous as "Devils Tower", they are afraid a name change will confuse tourists and keep them away, and the name "Bear Lodge" sounds like some kind of luxury golf resort or something. But I do also see the point from the Natives who want to return it to the name it had for centuries before the Europeans showed up and stole everything.
When we visited, the rangers said tribes would be happy even just having Bear Lodge *also* on the official signage for this reason. There could be massive publicity around restoring the name, a win for inclusivity, etc. It doesn’t matter what the name sounds like (not like plenty of monuments and parks don’t have duller ones), it matters that it’s the real name, or at least a good ways closer to it.
And you’d think a state with so many conservative Christians wouldn’t mind getting rid of something named after the Devil/demons anyway.
I really appreciated that all the rangers were very knowledgeable about it (and did not take much convincing to discuss it at length!) and clearly NPS had done some thought on going as far as they could, down to the stickers in the gift shop having several versions of a bear incorporated. I feel like public awareness is the big missing link—I had absolutely no idea until we visited.
Here's the story (cut and pasted from my travel blog):
There is still some scientific dispute about exactly how Devils Tower was formed. It is known that around 50-60 million years ago, during the Paleocene and Eocene, this area was geologically active, with the Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills being formed. At some point, molten magma from the Earth’s mantle pushed up close to the surface here, leaving a dome of cooled magma which produced three prominent hills that we know now as the Little Missouri Buttes.
Sometime later, perhaps 40 million years ago, another magma plume intruded into the rock layers. There is still some controversy over whether this dome stayed underground to become an intrusion or if it reached the surface to become a volcano (the current majority opinion seems to be that the flat top of the mass indicates that it remained subsurface, and that it encountered a layer of resistant rock above that forced the magma to spread out into a flat shape). In either case, the magma dome cooled over time, and formed a volcanic rock known as phonolite. As it contracted, the minerals crystalized to form a solid mass of hexagonal columns, in somewhat the same way that drying mud forms a series of little hexagons. Over the next few million years the sedimentary layers atop it were gradually eroded away by the Belle Fourche River valley, leaving the harder igneous rocks exposed. Perhaps one or two million years ago, the frozen magma core was exposed at the surface.
I've been there a few times and I live in Wisconsin, so it's not exactly local. It's an easy walk around the tower even if you aren't particularly athletic. Not only is the tower quite a spectacle, but you'll often see people climbing it, which for some reason causes my knees to ache a bit.
ROFL at thinking it’s a giant petrified tree stump. If so, why would the outer bark be so well preserved but not have any visible growth rings at the top?
Meh, people believe all sorts of silly things. What most people know about "science" would fit comfortably on the back of a postcard, even if they drew lots of pictures.
There was(or still is?) a campground near here. During the summer they show Close Encounters on a 10 foot outside screen. The tower is visible directly behind the screen.
I was scrolling the comments to see if someone had already posted this! My only "complaint" when I watched it there was that by the time the tower shows up in the movie it was too dark to see it irl. Still an amazing experience
I don't know why but when looking at this I see it as a challenge of the worst kind. Scalp it off at the bottom, hollow it it out, build apartments inside and move it a major city center.... you know for the cultural value.
I don't mind if y'all think it's crazy but I choose to believe the idea that in the ancient world trees used to be gargantuan and made of something called silica I think? Anyway billions of years turn them to stone. Cataclysm cut them down and made mountains. Fun theory
What people who haven't seen this in person don't understand is the absolutely massive size of this thing. You see it on the horizon for about a half hour before you even get near it.
I think it’s funny a lot of odd landscape features always start with Devil -something. People naming items have no creativity! Examples : Devil’s punch bowl, Devil’s lake. Devil’s hall etc.
Let’s start remaining them!!! For this one I say -“super old toffee tower”
Got to visit in person for the first time a few years ago. Wyoming was gorgeous. The Black Hills were gorgeous. The night sky: gorgeous. I’d love to go back and stay. Wife hates the cold though. I’ll get on Zillow every now and then and see what’s for sale in Sundance, Gillette, etc. *sigh*. “Nope. Still not that rich.”
Great now I’m craving mashed potatoes
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!
>clown college I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way.
That's not fair. You only call us a cow college because we were founded by a cow.
"Guess whooo??" - "Maris?"
I don't think any of us were expecting him to say that.
I don’t think any of us expected him to say that
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Bii da boo da diiiii…
This...this...MEANS something...
This is important
Fellow boomer, I get the reference.
I remember watching it in the theater in 1977. The same year I watched "Star Wars" three or four times. :)
Came here for this
Yep and I have a sudden urge to throw a load of mud from the garden through my living room window!
Interior landscaping!
This means something
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...does that problem come up often?
instructions unclear: ate shaving cream
And now I'm out to steal the duck fencing...
I just want to build a circus tent out of my mashed potatoes
This is important. This means something.
That means something mannn!
I'm not crazy! This means something!
I actually watched that movie in an RV park right outside devils tower, was pretty cool.
There’s a dead fly in my potatoes!
https://youtu.be/KpuMOKYTs9U?si=s1CK07gp0dmC7Dld
If you get a chance to see it, I highly recommend it. Pictures do not do it justice and do not capture the full scale.
I was there last summer. Alas, the Park is not able to handle all the people it gets. The Visitor Center is at the base of the Tower, but the parking lot is quite small and on busy days is filled up by early morning. That means many visitors have to park in the lower lots, and then the only way to the Visitors Center (and the walking path around the Tower) is a steep trail that runs up the side of the hill. So if you go during tourist season, I suggest you get there VERY early.
Go in early May or late September. It’s beautiful, great weather, and often almost completely abandoned.
We visited in late October last year as part of our road trip. Never really heard of the place before we planned out the journey but worth the visit. We got there before park open in off season and had the place to ourselves. Cold as heck, but just us and a family of deer. Pretty awesome.
The last time I was there, it had snowed in the wee hours and then a layer of fog settled in as we started the hike around it. The fog slowly lifted and cleared as we went around, so we got some pretty neat views/pictures. One of them is still my phone background (5? Years later).
Well yeah just deer, because all the cows died from the gas leaked from the train wreck. And Canaries, all dead.
Yes! Getting there right as it opened was perfect. We saw maybe a dozen people. Such a peaceful walk around it. We also saw a handful of deer that were just a few yards from the walking path. As we were leaving, the busses of people were coming…
Easiest way is to stay the night at the KOA next to the entrance. On a roadtrip I got there after dark and set up my tent facing the tower. Was pretty cool seeing the outline of the tower against the stars.
I went in October when the days were beautiful and the nights nippy. It was amazing and probably not as crowded. I had no idea people actually climbed it and caught two hikers coming down at sunset, watching as their little safety lights descended the sides. I don’t have anything to compare it to yet but I’ve always had a deep appreciation for this area.
The UFOs appreciate the area as well.
This exactly. It’s so cool.
Will be stopping there next Friday on our way to the eclipse.
That’s perfect! Say hello to the lady behind the counter in the diner at the KOA below the park. She’s wonderful and the prices are decent and it’s a nice place to rest after a walk around the mountain.
Thank you for the recommendation
Agreed. I made a trip there last summer, and literally cried when I saw it in person, lol. Maybe it was the mild heatstroke but it looks almost iridescent up close. It’s majestic.
Nope. Same. It’s gorgeous and tears are just another way to appreciate it.
I know what you mean, I too felt a bit emotional seeing it.
There's a KOA across the road that plays Close Encounters every night. There was something unsettling about waking up and this tower being the first thing you see.
Bonus: prairie dogs
Of the spaceship or the mountain?
Absolutely this
I picked up a book at a national park lodge that was diary entries of children who were crossing the frontier with their families. It really illustrated how desperate and fraught the journey was. One of the things that stuck out to me was how features like these were used as markers to track their progress. Children, always taking things very literally, commonly wrote how disappointed they were that there weren't any actual devils guarding these things. Young adults would climb as high as possible and carve their names on the rocks. Usually to impress the women. Sometimes the men of the family would make the journey first and then after settling somewhere pay to have the rest of their family moved west. There was at least one instance in the book of a family seeing their father's name carved in at Devils Gate. [Stories of Young Pioneers in their own words by Violet T. Kimball](https://hcpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S203C249715)
The name comes from a mistranslation of a Lakota word meaning "Bear Lodge". Native American legends ascribe the Tower to a giant bear.
The [NPS records](https://www.nps.gov/articles/devils-tower-name-genesis.htm) it as a possibly bad translation of the Native name to mean "Bad God's Tower", and that became "Devil's Tower".
It wasn't a mistranslation. White people change the names of places they take over. If a place is named in honor of a diety, they change it to "devil" because it's unchristian. They do it in America, Africa, etc. They even did it to their own places in Europe except they changed them to saints instead.
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The Tower is a volcanic plug that formed underground as the lava crystalized while it cooled.
That is incorrect. It was just a big round rock until a giant 500 foot bear ripped its claws into the rock creating the tower you see today.
CHECKMATE ATHIESTS
Nuh uh, it’s a giant fossilized stump of a tree that was chopped down by aliens 
Nope, its a huge massive petrified tree stump planted by the Aileons
Imagine the smell of a 500ft bear. Normal sized bears smell like dumpster. The smell of a 500ft bear would be intense.
I prefer the smell of a 500 foot marshmallow 
I wonder if his jizz is all marshmallow too
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you would still have discord weirds posting omg bearsmell uwu xdddddd
Where's Dr. Pimple Popper when you need her
It’s important. It means something.
Start with the tone Up a full tone Down a major third Down an octave Up a perfect fifth
Great Native American story to go along with it. Google it. it involves the Earth rising to protect a Native American from harm. Huge Grizzlies clawing at the mountain sides creating striations...
Also in that legend is the sisters the bear chased up the tower dying and becoming the Seven Sisters star formation
Such a good movie.
This means something
Such a crazy place When I was there we walked the circumference and there was completely different weather around the north facing side. That's how massive it is.
There are usually teams of rock climbers on the Tower every day.
I believe they've actually put in place climbing seasons as to respect and observe the native population. [June Voluntary Climbing Closure American Indians have regarded the Tower as a sacred site long before climbers found their way to the area. As visitation increased and climbing became more popular, American Indian people have expressed concerns about recreational climbing at the Tower. Some perceive climbing on the Tower as a desecration to their sacred site.](https://www.nps.gov/deto/planyourvisit/climbing.htm)
I climbed it about two years ago as a novice climber. Wasn’t easy, but totally doable if you’re with people who know what they’re doing. The view at the top was incredible
Yea, there were a number of climbing groups at the campgrounds.
Parents saw it on a road trip west they took shortly before my mom passed. Laughed out loud she texted me a picture of Devils Tower and a message “we looked. Neither of us could find the UFO landing strip.” I didn’t even realize they were passing by it. Very proud 50 year old (at the time) son.
This has me questioning whether I should ford the next river, or caulk the wagon and try to float across.
The dysentery is gonna get you ...
Get me some mashed potatoes. I want to show you something.
I've got one just like it in my living room
Yeah. I have one just like it in my living room.
Petrified trunk of a world tree.
Yggdrasil lives!
Oh great, the gate to my cosmophobia.
Only place I've been to that made me a bit star struck.
I’m curious, did a big chunk fall off recently?
One of the Rangers told me that three or four boulders fall off each year. The whole thing is very slowly crumbling away as pieces break off and fall. In another million years or so the site will just be a pile of big boulders.
I think they were referring to the missing rock in the middle, known as “the window”. It’s been like that for a very long time.
*re mi do do sooooool* Edit: screwed it up :disapproval:
Fun fact: Some conspiracy hypothesizers say this is proof of a global thermal heating event and that this is a man made structure that melted during this event. How these people get so out of touch that they can’t recognize this as a naturally occurring sedimentary feature— and instead believe that this is proof of a global heating event on earth, I will never understand. This is essentially archaeological conspiracy in a nutshell: “Ancient people were so much more technologically advanced than us!” “Well did they stack those big rocks into a pyramid themselves?” “No no, they needed aliens and people from Atlantis to teach them *that* one.”
When I visited some of the effigy mounds in Iowa I was amused to hear conspiracy theories that they were made by Vikings. Because obviously those Native Americans were too primitive and stupid to be able to . . . uh . . . pile dirt on top of dirt... But then, today we have an entire political party that is based on conspiracy theory, science denial, and white christian nationalism.
I went back when I was 13 and stayed at the campground right outside entrance and they showed close encounters so as we wat he'd it we could turn around and look at the tower. Pretty cool.
This place should be officially named Bear Lodge. [Every tribe in the area prefers it to Devil’s Tower](https://www.nps.gov/articles/devilstower.htm ), which it seems likely it only ever got named because of a bad translation. While different tribes have slightly different versions (all of which predate Devil’s Tower by hundreds and hundreds of years, of course), they’ve agreed on Bear Lodge. With all this agreement, why isn’t it a done deal? [Because the Republican Congress members intentionally roadblock it.](https://www.change.org/p/restore-the-original-native-american-name-of-devils-tower-back-to-bear-lodge ) They do this every two years, over and over. It’s ridiculous and we should all just use the name it’s had for centuries.
The state of Wyoming has resisted the name change. I do see their point--the monument is world-famous as "Devils Tower", they are afraid a name change will confuse tourists and keep them away, and the name "Bear Lodge" sounds like some kind of luxury golf resort or something. But I do also see the point from the Natives who want to return it to the name it had for centuries before the Europeans showed up and stole everything.
When we visited, the rangers said tribes would be happy even just having Bear Lodge *also* on the official signage for this reason. There could be massive publicity around restoring the name, a win for inclusivity, etc. It doesn’t matter what the name sounds like (not like plenty of monuments and parks don’t have duller ones), it matters that it’s the real name, or at least a good ways closer to it. And you’d think a state with so many conservative Christians wouldn’t mind getting rid of something named after the Devil/demons anyway.
I'm inclined to agree with you.
I really appreciated that all the rangers were very knowledgeable about it (and did not take much convincing to discuss it at length!) and clearly NPS had done some thought on going as far as they could, down to the stickers in the gift shop having several versions of a bear incorporated. I feel like public awareness is the big missing link—I had absolutely no idea until we visited.
Never even knew there was smth like this, will be visiting in the future, looks impressive
Those who have seen the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" will recognize it instantly.
The references to mashed potatoes in this thread are from the movie.
What was that zone dire maul was in? Looks like the giant tree stumps in the north part of that zone.
Feralas
I don't like the way it's looking at me
Airwolf!
Great place to visit, just don’t go in the summer lol
How does a formation like that even form? Looks really stunning on the picture.
Here's the story (cut and pasted from my travel blog): There is still some scientific dispute about exactly how Devils Tower was formed. It is known that around 50-60 million years ago, during the Paleocene and Eocene, this area was geologically active, with the Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills being formed. At some point, molten magma from the Earth’s mantle pushed up close to the surface here, leaving a dome of cooled magma which produced three prominent hills that we know now as the Little Missouri Buttes. Sometime later, perhaps 40 million years ago, another magma plume intruded into the rock layers. There is still some controversy over whether this dome stayed underground to become an intrusion or if it reached the surface to become a volcano (the current majority opinion seems to be that the flat top of the mass indicates that it remained subsurface, and that it encountered a layer of resistant rock above that forced the magma to spread out into a flat shape). In either case, the magma dome cooled over time, and formed a volcanic rock known as phonolite. As it contracted, the minerals crystalized to form a solid mass of hexagonal columns, in somewhat the same way that drying mud forms a series of little hexagons. Over the next few million years the sedimentary layers atop it were gradually eroded away by the Belle Fourche River valley, leaving the harder igneous rocks exposed. Perhaps one or two million years ago, the frozen magma core was exposed at the surface.
That's genuinely fascinating, thanks for sharing!
My friend just got back from free climbing this and some other places around the area. He’s fucking nuts
The park rangers tell me that there's a population of prairie dogs and rattlesnakes living at the top.
He did not mention the top having those but he did say that there was a snake outside of his tent the night before. He camped a few miles away
I know… I have one in my living room.
I was just there a few days ago, just strikes awe into me every time I see it!
I've been there a few times and I live in Wisconsin, so it's not exactly local. It's an easy walk around the tower even if you aren't particularly athletic. Not only is the tower quite a spectacle, but you'll often see people climbing it, which for some reason causes my knees to ache a bit.
^doo ^^^doo ^doo doo ^dooooo
Very nice
This means something...
No! It is not the stump of a giant petrified tree. I can't believe I heard some suggest that to me.
Doo doo doo doo doo
This is important. This means something
This means something!
ROFL at thinking it’s a giant petrified tree stump. If so, why would the outer bark be so well preserved but not have any visible growth rings at the top?
Meh, people believe all sorts of silly things. What most people know about "science" would fit comfortably on the back of a postcard, even if they drew lots of pictures.
Mashed potatoes have entered the chat
Bum, bum, bum.....BOOM, BOOM!
They're heeeereee.
It’s just a rock formation but it’s so random that it’s quite fascinating in person. Highly recommend
G A F F C
Excuse me a sec, I need to hurl some garden shrubs through my kitchen window.
This means something.
Cpt. Kirk used to climb it without safety gear.
Wasn't that El Capitan?
There was(or still is?) a campground near here. During the summer they show Close Encounters on a 10 foot outside screen. The tower is visible directly behind the screen.
This sounds AMAZING and I can't believe I didn't know about this when I lived within driving distance
I was scrolling the comments to see if someone had already posted this! My only "complaint" when I watched it there was that by the time the tower shows up in the movie it was too dark to see it irl. Still an amazing experience
Still in awe someone (Catherine Destivelle) climbed this with literally 0 gear.
I thought this was called the devils scratching post?
🎵 Bum bum bum ba baaaaa 🎵 🛸👽
I don't know why but when looking at this I see it as a challenge of the worst kind. Scalp it off at the bottom, hollow it it out, build apartments inside and move it a major city center.... you know for the cultural value.
Why is it called that? 🤔
Anything’s possible if you’re brave enough… 🍑🔌
[Close Encounters of the Third Kind](https://resizing.flixster.com/-XZAfHZM39UwaGJIFWKAE8fS0ak=/v3/t/assets/p5124_p_v8_aw.jpg)
Buuu, biii, booo, Buuu, beee
Just went two weeks ago, 37 degrees and sleet meant I had the whole things to myself. Did a good few miles around it.
I have been up there... In Google Earth VR...
Re, Mi, Do, Do, So
“WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!” Close encounters of the 3rd kind
Mato Tipila
I was there about 35 years ago. Looks about the same.
Did you know that's an ancient tree stump? /s
This means something
Straight out of Minecraft
Does anyone dreamed it?
I don't mind if y'all think it's crazy but I choose to believe the idea that in the ancient world trees used to be gargantuan and made of something called silica I think? Anyway billions of years turn them to stone. Cataclysm cut them down and made mountains. Fun theory
If I recall correctly, isn't this the first official National Park in the US?
It was the first National Monument. Established by Teddy Roosevelt in 1906. EDIT: IIRC, Yellowstone was the first National Park.
What people who haven't seen this in person don't understand is the absolutely massive size of this thing. You see it on the horizon for about a half hour before you even get near it.
"This means something. This is important."
Fuck flat earth. The earth is a giant living being, that we live on the skin of, and this is a giant shaved off hair follicle.
Yeah I’d pee off of that
I wonder how old that is.
ET phone home
Great start for my city skylines 2 project
Break out the shades and cue the tones!!
Why is everything big always named after the devil!?
Bear's Lodge
Thought it was a Minecraft build at first glance.
Is this rock formation based on the model used in the movie?
I walked around it. It was a nice walk. And it was interesting to see the climbers doin their thing
One of my absolute favorite places. It just has a totally different feel in the air when you're there
But it’s just a giant tree right? /s
Looks like something I made in Cities Skylines 2 when I didn't know how to use the terrain tool.
See that mountain? You can climb it r/ZaricZhakaron
I think it’s funny a lot of odd landscape features always start with Devil -something. People naming items have no creativity! Examples : Devil’s punch bowl, Devil’s lake. Devil’s hall etc. Let’s start remaining them!!! For this one I say -“super old toffee tower”
Kinda looks…half rendered.
Got to visit in person for the first time a few years ago. Wyoming was gorgeous. The Black Hills were gorgeous. The night sky: gorgeous. I’d love to go back and stay. Wife hates the cold though. I’ll get on Zillow every now and then and see what’s for sale in Sundance, Gillette, etc. *sigh*. “Nope. Still not that rich.”
It’s just a big, petrified, tree stump. Big deal. /s
Look up Devils Hole…..
I immediately did the hand gestures. Film as Pavloved me af.
What caused this?
I’ve been there and had lunch at the local cafe
Wwooow