Devils Tower National Monument Traveler Patch

Known to many because of its prominent role in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Wyoming’s Devils Tower is the centerpiece in America’s first official national monument. President Theodore Roosevelt established the monument in the scenic Black Hills in 1906. Legend has it that a giant bear scratched out the vertical cracks that adorn the almost 1,300-foot rock monolith. The parallel grooves attract daring rock climbers from around the world.