Devils Tower National Monument News Release
Cultural Program Series Programs Offers Shared Visions of Devils Tower. Devils Tower National Monument welcomes visitors to experience a wide variety of interpretive programs and special performances during the Summer Cultural Program Series.
The park’s visitor and education center is open daily, 8am to 7pm. Join a ranger guided walk presented at 9 am and 11am or a ranger talk presented 11:30am, 1pm, and 3pm. Evening campfire programs are presented nightly at 8:30pm in the park’s amphitheater next to the campground.
The monument’s Cultural Program Series brings special guest performers to Devils Tower National Monument to share their expertise and demonstrate their unique talents. The special performances will be held Friday evenings at 8:30pm during the months of June, July and August in the park’s amphitheater next to the campground.
June 1 & 2 Willie LeClair, N. Arapaho
June 8 &9 Phillip Whitman, Jr, Cheyenne
June 15 & 16 Les Ducheneaux, Lakota
June 29-July 1 Gib Young, as President Theodore Roosevelt
July 13 Frank Sanders, Renowned Rock Climber
July 20 Phillip Whitman, Jr, Cheyenne
July 27 Nello Williams, Astronomer
August 10 Frank Sanders, Renowned Rock Climber
August 17 Nello Williams, Astronomer
August 24 & 25 Buffalo Bill Boycott
The Western Culture Festival will take place September 1 in the picnic area next to the campground.
The Cowboy Poetry Festival will place September 2 in the picnic area next to the campground.
The rustic log cabin, built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, serves as the park’s visitor and education center; it also serves as a bookstore for the Devils Tower Natural History Association and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interpretive exhibits explain the natural and cultural history of the area.
To learn more about Devils Tower National Monument contact a park ranger at 307-467-5283, visit us online at http://www.nps.gov/deto or on Facebook at Devils-Tower-National-Monument-Official-NPS-Site.
Devils Tower National Monument is located, 33 miles northeast of Moorcroft, WY, 27 miles northwest of Sundance, WY via U.S. 14, 9 Miles south of Hulett via WY24, and 52 miles southwest of Belle Fourche, S.D. via S.D. Highway34/WY24.
Contact(s): Nancy Stimson, Public Information Officer
Phone number: 307-467-5283
Date: May 25, 2012
