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A lot of folks forget about Wyoming when they’re making summer plans, unless their summer plans include Yellowstone National Park. There is so much more to that rectangular state than Yellowstone though.
If you like getting away from all the hustle and bustle, enjoy the outdoors and being active, Wyoming is the place for you. It’s the least populated state in the nation, there are less folks in the entire state of Wyoming than live in Washington, DC! Cheyenne is the biggest town in the state and it only boasts just over 59,000 people. So suffice to say, if you’re tired of traffic and long lines everywhere, head to the non-Yellowstone portion of Wyoming!
One of the most distinctive landmarks in Wyoming is Devil’s Tower National Monument. Some of y’all may remember Devil’s Tower from Steven Spielberg’s film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” where Richard Dreyfuss’s character builds a scale model of Devil’s Tower in his living room much to his wife’s dismay.
The real Devil’s Tower was the first ever National Monument in US history. It’s a part of the Bear Lodge Mountains, themselves part of the famous Black Hills that come out of South Dakota. The easiest way to get there would be off of I-90 in northern WY. If you’re heading east on I-90, turn left on Hwy 14 in Moorcroft and follow 14 until you find Hwy 24 and turn left again for Devils Tower If you’re headed west on I-90, then turn right on Hwy 14 in Sundance and follow that until you make another right onto 24. There is a KOA campground located right there as well offering park cabins that sleep 6, 11 one room cabins that are right on the Belle Fourche River, as well as RV Hookups (up to 50 amp) and pull throughs situated among the shade trees.
Remember though, before you hit the road for somewhere as remote as Wyoming, to hit our website first for all those parts and accessories you might need!