Devils Tower sees record-breaking visitation
30 Sep 2021
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Full campsites, busy roads and record visitation at some of Wyoming’s most popular spectacles, including Yellowstone – it’s been quite the summer for tourism. The latest figures from the National Park Service show that Devils Tower National Monument is following the trend with record-breaking numbers in August and an overall increase of 41.35% over last year’s visitation.
By the end of August, the national park had welcomed a total of 440,839 people to enjoy the unique geological spectacle – an increase from 311,869 at the same time in 2020. Visitors had spent more than a million years viewing the Tower so far this year – 1,107,474 hours, to be precise – and 3312 people had stayed in the National Park Service campgrounds.
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