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Devils Tower wasn’t anything that I had heard about until I went out West and my brother had it on a list of things to see at some point. As we had an extra day in our schedule for hiking, we decided to drive over to Wyoming from South Dakota (Rapid City area) to hike there. The drive was really easy and took about 2 hours- not bad at all! As we were approaching the tower, we suddenly stumbled upon this view:
Amazing, right? The tower juts up from a grassy plain/rolling hills, and there were buffalo roaming too! How picturesque (and you know my love for buffalo, right?!).
I had to get in for a quick picture too.
You have to pay to get in the park, although we were able to get in for free because my brother is in the military. They have a little place to see prairie dogs as you drive around the base of the tower, which was pretty cute. We looped around until we came upon the visitor’s center, which had a large parking area, drinking fountains, and nice, indoor bathrooms. They also had this great view:
There were two options for trails at Devils Tower. There’s a short, paved trail that you can walk around (about 1.3 miles), and then there’s a longer, 3 mile trail around the Tower that we took (I believe it’s called the red trail).
It’s important to bring water with you- you’ll be out in the sun and there’s no place on the trail to fill up! We started off in the woods, with a beautiful pine scent that I desperately wanted to capture!
We started a winding descent from woods into a meadow, followed by a large open area with red dirt.
The terrain was so different than that of which we had been hiking earlier in the week (like the Pike’s Peak Incline and Lover’s Leap Trail at Custer State Park) which made it truly wonderful.
When I snapped a picture of that trail sign, I stopped to think about how deeply I had really fallen in love with hiking that week, and how thankful I was to have had that experience. I only wish I could do more of it!
Devils Tower was not only a really cool hike through multiple terrains, but it was also gorgeous! We had to drive about two hours each direction to visit Devils Tower, and we both thought it was well worth it! We actually packed a lunch and ended up eating right near the tower after the hike- it made for a very scenic picnic!
Now it’s your turn to share! Do you like to pack lunches when you travel?
