the devils tower is made out of igneous rock.
the devils tower is made out of igneous rock.
what is the devils tower made out of?
igneous rock
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devils tower (also known as bear lodge butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the bear lodge ranger district of the black hills, near hulett and sundance in crook county, northeastern wyoming, above the belle fourche river. it rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the belle fourche river, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. the summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.









































devils tower was the first united states national monument, established on september 24, 1906, by president theodore roosevelt. the monument's boundary encloses an area of .
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in recent years, climbing devils tower has increased in popularity. the first known ascent of devils tower by any method occurred on july 4, 1893, and is accredited to william rogers and willard ripley, local ranchers in the area. they completed this first ascent after constructing a ladder of wooden pegs driven into cracks in the rock face. a few of these wooden pegs are still intact and are visible on the tower when hiking along the tower trail at devils tower national monument. over the following thirty years many climbs were made using this method before the ladder fell into disrepair.
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