Devils Tower National Monument Wyoming

Рет қаралды 84,274

2 жыл бұрын

Devils Tower National Monument Check out the Devils Tower Monument located in Northeast Wyoming close to Sturgis and South Dakota The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest crack climbing areas in North America.
More RVerTV Videos • Kickstands Campground ...
Support RVerTV Click Right Here: www.buymeacoffee.com/uPhJL3S89
Lectric Ebikes CLICK HERE bit.ly/3Ok6VS0
RVerTV Prepper Food Supply www.prepwithrvertv.com
RVerTV MERCHANDISE - teespring.com/stores/rvertv-a...
RVerTV T-Shirts AVAILABLE !! : amzn.to/2rg05p9 #ad
Solar Batteries I Use Bluetti Power. bit.ly/395fdxn
Camera Equipment I Use - Daily
Drone : amzn.to/2PKk0L4 #ad
Dashcam: amzn.to/3tfxRGF #ad
Scenery: amzn.to/333XL5T #ad
WHAT DRONE I Use:
• What DRONE I Fly ?? DJ...
Drone School I Attended
pilotinstitute.com/course/par...
LET'S CONNECT!:
Facebook ... / rvertv.tv
Twitter... / rvertv
RVerTV Website.... : rvertv.tv/
Music Provided From:
The KZfaq Audio Library
Artlist Music Licensed by RVerTV artlist.io/russell-13676
Maps Provided by Google
Reusing Or Redistributing Videos From The "RVerTV" Channel Must Have Permission From RVerTV Productions. All videos and footage included
Thanks for watching RVerTV….. Full Time RV Living and Video Photography…
#rvlifestyle #vanlife#sprintervan#rvertv

Пікірлер: 329

@jessehernandez743 2 жыл бұрын

I retired in 2014 and I've come to a realization that I will never venture to the places you have explored, not for health reasons, but, for personal and domestic situations. I thank you sir for your EXPLORER mind set and look extremely forward to your next ADVENTURE. GOD BLESS AND STAY SAFE!

@cassiusdio6048 2 жыл бұрын

You make me sad…..

@foxiedogitchypaws7141 2 жыл бұрын

Jesse, take weekend trips. Don't give up, explore your town or city safely. 🛣️🦊

@shirleysmith635 2 жыл бұрын

@@foxiedogitchypaws7141 yes absolutely agree 👍 👏

@arnoldwatcher 2 жыл бұрын

The only good thing is that you realize it and I hope you can take small trips. My neighbor talked for years of going to Sturgis. He made the trip and died suddenly a few weeks later. I believe he was one of the first with the virus from our wonderful friends in Asia.

@ExploringCanadaInfo Жыл бұрын

Isn't @RVTVer great! We see the 🇺🇸through his camera!

@lloydbaker6988 2 жыл бұрын

Hey , Hey It's RVerTV Russ , Devil tower Super Cool 👍

@majorbuzz 2 жыл бұрын

Visited Devil's Tower in 2002 with my 12 year old son. When we got up close, we could see and hear the people who were scaling it.

@gavanhillebold3131 2 жыл бұрын

Too cool for school Russ. Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument established by Theodore Roosevelt on September 24th 1906. Safe travels to you Russ.

@foodreviewsandfunthing 2 жыл бұрын

My brother and I went there back in 2015 we did the complete walk around of the Devil's Tower it was fun they have an asphalt walking path all around the thing thanks for the video

@Howdy76 2 жыл бұрын

NICE . ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE

@okiejammer2736 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Oh! You're going through my list, kid. Thanks for truckin' over to Devil's Tower!

@susanboatman7913 2 жыл бұрын

Cool Russ! I remember seeing Devils Tower in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Cool movie and monument.

@davish2964 2 жыл бұрын

Devils Tower is the cooled lava of an ancient volcano. The dirt has eroded away and the cinder remains as the extremely cool National Monument! Great video thanks!

@meanders9221 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Though I think the rock is actually basalt, think Devils Postpile.

@davish2964 2 жыл бұрын

@@meanders9221 isn't basalt rapidly cooled lava?

@IDNHANTU2day 2 жыл бұрын

It is humbling to imagine how long it took that volcano to cool down and erode. In a few million years, there will be no trace of this tower. Yet we worry so much about how we are destroying the earth. How dare we think we have that much power. The earth don't care if we eradicate ourselves now, or nature will do it for us. For we are a pimple on the earth's a$$.

@ItsMeScareCro 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Ancient tree stump.

@teslamadeit3068 2 жыл бұрын

It's a tree trunk. True. They are all the through the area, but most of them have dirt leading up to the top like miniature volcanoes. I'm not a geologist but when you look at the area behind our programed view, any smart person would interpret the same notion if you look at them as what the area as 1. It was a very old forest when oxygen was much more concentrated in our atmosphere. Drive to Belle Forche SD, the entire are looks like small volcanoes. Bear Butte by Sturgis looks like a tree that split at the bottom into 3 branches and broke down into what remains now. Maybe when all the continents had supposedly existed as 1.

@cindyclark3318 2 жыл бұрын

I was there a month ago. The trail is a complete loop all the way around the base of the tower. Took me 1.30 hours!! I was so impressed I made it. The whole trail is beautiful. They have benches all the way around so you can sit. It's a beautiful drive up. Very glad I was able to see it. Totally worth going to see.

@i82much2day Жыл бұрын

ditto here, my kids hated it at the time.

@ZeldaRosenthal 2 жыл бұрын

I will never get here in person, so I am profoundly grateful to you for taking me to this most peaceful lichen covered tower. Keep safe. ❤️

@alejack12001 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making the trip to Devils Tower. I have always wanted to see the tower especially since I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I have often wondered where the filming was done. I could see the trees from the drive by. I think that may have been the filming side. I saw a path along the rock face where you walked to the base of the tower. That path was to take the actor Drefuss to the opposite side where he would encounter the alien spaceship. In 1978, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was a big hit and made Devils Tower quite an icon. Those prairie dogs were gathering to be on RVer TV. Have fun in Sturgis.

@syntheticpaul Жыл бұрын

I'll be making this trip from the UK in two weeks time. Its a bucket list trip as i have always wanted to see the tower first hand since I first saw Close Encounters. I'll be flying into Denver and driving up. Will also be taking in Casper, Deadwood, Mt Rushmore and Laramie before returning to Denver.

@birchwhitehd 2 жыл бұрын

I was there for the 69th sturgis rally , 2009…. It is a must see ride.

@BobKeefe 2 жыл бұрын

We enjoyed revisiting our trip there a year ago this week via your fine video. It was more of a hike to walk all the way around it than we expected.

@jackhackett80 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone visiting the Black Hills should take the hour drive to this it's totally worth it

@BlazingLaser 2 жыл бұрын

I was there a couple years ago. To me it looks just like a big tree stump, and I wonder how the tree would have looked before! The vertical lines in the tower are from 'columnar jointing'. The rock was molten, perhaps in the middle of a big volcano that has since eroded away, and it cooled very slowly, over millions of years. This made it shrink, and shrinking made it pull apart into columns--like the pattern of cracks you see on dried mud. Another beautiful example of this is Devil's Postpile in California (which hopefully you'll visit when the price of diesel fuel comes down.)

@faithfultotheend5202 2 жыл бұрын

Or it is the biggest Tree stump in the world

@meloneyparker 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's the stump of an ancient giant tree. I think there's something in the bible about them.

@apolloskyfacer5842 2 жыл бұрын

@@faithfultotheend5202 The Indian myth that it was a giant bear scratching the sides of the mountain is a much better story.

@apolloskyfacer5842 2 жыл бұрын

@@meloneyparker It's the remains of a volcanic lava plug. For goodness sake, learn some basic Geology.

@icxcnika0 2 жыл бұрын

@@faithfultotheend5202 there's bigger than this.. the Himalaya are petrified tree stumps

@jimchristensen965 2 жыл бұрын

Devils Tower is great! A big THANK YOU Russ.

@robertross2596 2 жыл бұрын

That was a very cool look at Devil's Tower. On my very first trip out west in the late 1970's I saw Devil's Tower from a distance along I-90. I've always wanted to return and get a closeup view and walk. I camped at the nearby Keyhole Reservoir & got an amazing western sunset as a bonus.

@shirleyc7175 2 жыл бұрын

Finally a beautiful drive. Trees, green grass, not desert and dirt.

@kayejc 2 жыл бұрын

Russ, thank you so very much for taking the time to go to Devils Tower. My honey and I have put this on our bucket list once he's retired. Beautiful camera work!!!

@yawndave 2 жыл бұрын

Alright, Russ! I was hoping you'd pay a visit to Devil's Tower. Seeing it appear over the horizon as you drive out there is pretty amazing, isn't it? I've camped there several times, both in the park campground (where we survived a huge thunder and lightning storm overnight) and the KOA just outside the entrance--they show Close Encounters every night on a big screen! It's one of my favorite places in the National Park system...there's something about the vibe there that I haven't felt anywhere else. I have a poster of the giant bear climbing the tower (at 9:29) hanging in my living room.

@ericcox6764 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Tower!! I climbed it back in 2003 and have been back to visit several times since then.

@sherryware 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you went to see Devil's Tower, too, so I could see it as well. It's bigger than it looks in pictures and from a distance.

@beverlyroberts1139 2 жыл бұрын

We went last year, including all of the black hills. One of my favorite vacations. Gorgeous!

@066motocross 2 жыл бұрын

I was up there in 1977 just 3 weeks before the movie crews arrived and it was nothing like it is today. No ranger station and nobody to pay. Just the road leading to the parking lot which at that time was gravel. No campgrounds just a gravel lot. I was 13 and hiked the old trail there that you showed. No sidewalk like you show, no plaques nothing. Just raw nature in 77. I was 13 years old and my mom and dad stayed in the pickup truck camper while I hiked the old trail. It went the whole way around the tower a little over a mile walk if I remember correctly. Was very fortunate that day to see Native Americans praying at the base and on the other side 2 guys climbing it. That was a great day and parents could cut a 13 year old boy loose to hike the monument without worrying about never seeing the kid again. In my opinion these national monuments are getting too fancy and commercialized. Beautiful video!

@RP4UXO 4 ай бұрын

Great when it was free!! How much is it now?

@linmartinez5970 2 жыл бұрын

You mentioned ET. ET was. It’s own movie. We really enjoyed your video. We are subscribers and have donated and bought from your store. 👍

@stephenwood4605 2 жыл бұрын

A big scenic contrast from Lake Mead area to Wyoming!! Thanks again!!

@mariemorgan7759 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you went to the devil's tower! I like the legend about the seven girls becoming a constellation! Close encounters of the third kind with Richard Dreyfuss building that tower always staid with me, one of my childhood movies I never forgot!

@michaela.chmieloski3196 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that you mentioned both "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", Russ. My understanding of it is that the little boy in "Close Encounters" is also the lead government agent in "E.T."--his experience in the former picture making for a life-long obsession with re-establishing contact with the aliens. I know the production years (1977 and 1982, respectively) don't make for a realistic timeline, but that is supposedly the way things were conceived by Steven Spielberg/the writers. Thus "E.T." is "Close Encounters" sequel.

@michaela.chmieloski3196 Жыл бұрын

@@scottd2063 Never said Henry Thomas was in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", you need to work on your reading comprehension. Good grief. And according to movie insiders, the aliens of "Close Encounters" were predecessors of ET.

@redmustangredmustang 9 ай бұрын

One thing I can be proud of as an American is our national park system and the monuments, reserves, and things that people can come see and enjoy for the public. There's so many places and so much land that is protected that can't be mined, cut down, or stripped down the land. It's all protected so that the public can see all the glory.

@eileencarman9752 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us to see Devils Tower. Once lived in Wyoming, but Dad never took us to this place.

@jesscarey7666 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool Russ!! It's been a long time since I've been there. Thanks for the ride 👍

@williamterry9819 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for visiting Devils Tower! This is a welcome relief from the desert and from Sturgis (again).

@robinscarborough6969 2 жыл бұрын

Have been to Wyoming but never seen the tower. Such incredible beauty, and your filming is great!

@craftytraveler9238 2 жыл бұрын

We were there in Jun 2021. We did stay at the KOA. They have great ice cream, wagon rides and show the movie Close Encounters, with the mountain in the background behind the screen. .

@timcavanagh7688 2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Tim in Australia I love your shows keep up the good work and keep having fun 🙂

@bjclassic1950 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Russ for sharing the video! Have fun at the Rally!

@jlem8968 2 жыл бұрын

I loved my trip to the tower, just sat and stared at it for about a hour

@markpatceg5582 2 жыл бұрын

If you are heading home Aug. 12th-14th take Tensleep canyon to Tensleep WY there's the Nowoodstock Music festival in the park. We'd love to see you there, and meet again (last time was in Qsite outside the game store). I was the Wyomingite that held up the rope for you to drive under while you took "your" parking spot. By the way THANKS again for graciously spending the time to shoot the breeze with me. You are a good man Russ!

@stephenhudson6543 2 жыл бұрын

It's called columnar jointing, when that type of lava cools it forms eight-sided columns or six sided

@priscillaross-fox9407 Жыл бұрын

I could never do this trip for health reasons. I had family in Spearfish a long time ago. Thank you much for this video.

@barbarak4720 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the mid 90s my husband and I traveled through South Dakota. We stopped at Wall, SD and visited the 1880s town. Both along I -90. You should check out both places. .and look for the dinosaurs along I-90. Made of metal. Awesome sight!!

@Chris_at_Home 2 жыл бұрын

I went there when I was 12 in 1965. There was a dirt trail around it and only a few people there. I remember the prairie dogs.

@ElwoodAndersonNV 2 жыл бұрын

Your tour showed a lot of story boards near the tower that explained the Native American lore, but I didn't see any story boards that explained the geological origins of the tower. It is a magna plug that was formed deep in the earth, possibly below a volcano above it, that was exposed by millions of years of erosion of the soil around it. The visitor center was built in the 1930s, and the internet says it was remodeled in 2021. I hope they have included in the remodel some explanation of the towers geological origins.

@ZeldaRosenthal 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

@danellis800 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Beautiful place ... a holy place for us native... A"ho.... good job Russ.... did u say a good prayer there ..... godbless

@sherrymatkin635 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite places. Thanks for showing

@Headbangin_Boogie 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite videos you’ve done Russ. Thank you!

@raybame5816 Жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. One quality I like of your videos is that you stop and focus on the signs seen on the walk etc so a viewer can pause and read the context for the complete content rather than you read it or summarize and move on. The content of your videos never disappoints. Thanks.

@chadwickcloister5143 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your awesome journeys

@nancycain4434 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and drone shots. Thanks for taking the time to run out there. It's on my bucket list.

@joannewinters9616 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Russ that was so awesome thank you again

@Arcticfox7 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, a big thank you! This upload hit the spot, Russ. Your work is appreciated. Thank you!

@lindabrown2211 2 жыл бұрын

That was cool. It's amazing to see things we often just pass via the interstate. Thanks Russ

@ramontoro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russ for that beautiful trip ,

@markmcla 2 жыл бұрын

It sure looks beautiful over there. Thanks for sharing this adventure, and all of your other adventures! I'm a big fan.

@susanweeres7915 2 жыл бұрын

Made my first trip there last September. I did manage the entire walk around with several "rest stops". Will definitely be going back!

@dorisbuchmann4164 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Such a nice tour, never thought I would ever see it!

@OriginalBoringSpaceCadet 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your time and efforts while making and sharing this incredible video. Out of all the Tower videos I have ever seen, this is by far the best. A person could have a wonderful time stargazing or watching a thunderstorm from up top. Safe travels.

@oldref65 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Russ, was there in 2002 the park has changed, thanks for the memories.

@flappinwings7274 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ride to the Devil's Tower. I have never been and you captured all of it. Thank you.

@skyebird3933 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking in the Devil's Tower. Great scenery. 😊

@luvwestern 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed where you were walking to the tower. The music made it very soothing and peaceful. Another great video!

@yvonnemiranda2918 2 жыл бұрын

I love the history behind that Devils Tower...gorgeous place ..enjoy and be safe Russ ⛰

@romeoalphafoxtrot9517 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Russ! That place is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for letting us tag along!

@sueanna_banana 2 жыл бұрын

So nice to see how green it is there even in August. Trees! And water in the little river. A nice place to spend some time in the summer. I was getting discouraged by all that barren desert. Thanks for the drive along and the fantastic views Russ!

@larryjohnson6398 2 жыл бұрын

Way cool Russ you're the man we do love your videos a lot keep up the good work be safe

@stephend.mixell2042 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Russ I saw the movie now thanks to you i got to see the tower up close and personal. Very cool. What a nice video again. You are helping me see things I would otherwise never see. I looked forward to more of your travels.

@dvtxrose Жыл бұрын

Great tour of the tower thank you

@steveshortridge6255 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a devil's post pile up in mammoth lakes but on a extremely larger scale thanks for the trip russ much appreciated

@sandithompson5265 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 for letting me see this amazing beautiful site you make each venture seem like I am right there with you 🚗

@shirleysmith635 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Russ for your awesome journey to these amazing beautiful places I will never visit from the comforts of our homes and don't spend a dime I've been traveling with you since subscribing love it 🤗😊

@stephrusty3055 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely to see trees and grass, from all that desert Russ. Keep on trucking 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍

@rstonge1000 2 жыл бұрын

Great Job so cool..So glad to see green again...

@dalekundtz760 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russ for bringing back great memories of a trip I took out west from my home in Ohio. In 1988 I took my wife, daughter and mother out west on a trip that lasted a month and covered 6700 miles. My family was younger and mom was a widow who had never been out west so it was a great trip for all of us. I got great pictures of the Tower using a telephoto zoom lens from roadside turnouts and also of the prairie dogs. I am now 69 years old and due to health issues cannot make the trip today. Thank you for helping me and I am sure many others relive some better times in our lives. Be safe and keep the great travel videos coming!

@Photoncraft 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. That place is where I always want to visit. It's amazing.

@Magajarhead1775 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your travels. You have a unique and wonderful way of narrating your journey. Best channel ever. Hope to meet you if your travels ever bring you to Florida! My family really enjoys all your videos!

@Revival_Channel 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for changing the background music. This gives the vid a fresh expression and a deeper impact.

@acerone10 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info that there are "Live Cams" in Sturgis. It is fun watching. All your videos are great and full of history. TFS

@sheenamarie9649 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your video! You are so down to earth and simple, much like the people I grew up with in Georgia. I have subscribed to your channel. Thank you 😊

@garymann5998 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, we were there in September of 2021, really enjoyed it, just a neat looking rock formation, thanks for sharing, travel safe, the prairie dogs are cool to watch

@mikellofgren201 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for hiking up to the Tower Russ. You have added locations/scenery to my "bucket list" I didn't even know I would have! I love your posts. Thanks Again

@jameswebster8461 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing the walking path I wasn’t able to see when I was there in last July I have a back problem and was unable to walk it. it was neat to see it thank you

@christopherstapleton2934 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Russ, very enjoyable!

@xstanadu 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME !! thanks for sharing your great stop at Devils Rock 🪨

@markwood1097 Жыл бұрын

yeah nice find off the beaten path, ill probably never make that trip but glad to experience w the RVer....

@bchboy1206 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny you are about 2 weeks behind me in the travels. I made sure I was out of there before the bike rally! I can't believe how empty that parking lot was, I wasn't able to find a spot when I went. Thanks for another great video!

@mattanderson6336 2 жыл бұрын

I used to live 50 miles away in Gillette when I worked on the railroad. Three or four trips a year to the Tower. Nice hike around the base. Nice to see it again.

@bcbconklin 2 жыл бұрын

Good choice for a video log Russ! You outdid yourself this time! Thanks!

@Dutch-Hiker 2 жыл бұрын

Great place to see, never seen it live, only in the movie. But ho now’s I come someday from the Netherlands to visit this beautiful place.

@ralphp3057 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russ for taking us along to see the geological oddity! Check it out !!!!! Lol 😆👍🇺🇸

@keaaul808 Жыл бұрын

Awesomely beautiful picturesque journey! Mahalo from Hawaii!

@kimberlyshalaby1134 2 жыл бұрын

🙋‍Hello Russ! I enjoyed seeing the Devils Tower, & the story boards were interesting. The area with the prayer ribbons was a very special place, & a rare sight. The Prairie Dogs are cute. You sure do find the best picture perfect Kodak moments in your travels. In hopes you get to enjoy the rest of your evening & weekend.👍

@patigirl2470 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us. Very surreal place - sacred Indian site. ♥️♥️♥️

@deaschowieda Жыл бұрын

This channel is awesome! The USA is such a beautiful country.

@kathyhepler382 2 жыл бұрын

Been there done that!!! Gorgeous video 📸📸. Changed so much since the 70's. No traffic lights. Safe travels!¡!!

@michaelblank8056 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! I will be at KOA devils Tower for the rally August 8-12th. Love it there. Love the whole black hills.

@joeblow3939 2 жыл бұрын

There is an old military base in one of the Dakotas. They are selling off the bunkers. They look like the ones on Gomer Pile but covered with dirt. Some people live there year round. Thanks for the update. 👍👍