See Little Bighorn and Devil's Tower "on the run"?

The comments by Old-Bisquit and pjsky hit it on the mark for me. We are at Devils Tower now. Spending 3 nights at the KOA. Views are terrific. We have done the paved walk around the tower on two mornings before the crowds arrive and got different perspectives each time. And seeing the climbers ascending the tower is amazing. :E
We went to Hulett, a nearby town, for supplies and met a guy running a small museum who had more history of the monument then we learned at the visitors center.
Tomorrow we head for the Big Horn battlefield area for two nights.

What fascinated us beyond Devil's Tower itself were the rock climbers. We wouldn't have seen them without taking the trail around the tower because they were on backside. Amazing what some people do for fun.
We spent many hours at Little Bighorn. We didn't expect to be so taken with the battlefield but we were and we were surprised by the size; the battles didn't just happen in one small area.

The walk around the base of Devil's Tower is a MUST DO.

If you are interested in history, allow about 1/2 day at Little Big Horn. If not, an hour is enough. You could call and ask about RV parking & maneuvering... I really don't remember, and it may have changed anyway.

texasAUtiger wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Well you can see Devil's Tower from the hwy and might as well just pick up a post card for Little Bighorn

Does the postcard comment mean it's not worth stopping, or that if I'm going to do it really quickly that it's not worth stopping?

Doing either quickly isn't giving them the respect or personal involvement one should invest to appreciate either.


Kinda like driving down the street past the Alamo and claiming you have been there.

National Monuments deserve time & respect.

As we approached by vehicle and again as we walked around the visitor's center at Devils Tower I kept wondering if the hike around would be worth the effort.

It was definitely worth it to me. The view up that thing on the "back" side is something like I've never seen before...

To get a really good experience at Devil's Tower, you need to do the shorter hike around the base as you get so many great and different views of the tower. Little Big Horn is interesting to see, and you could can do quite a bit in a couple of hours.

While I believe there is RV parking at both locations, the problem could be with the amount of people and spots available. From what I saw either location could be a problem. My suggestion would be to stop and see Little Big Horn and then move on down to Devil's Tower. The best time to see and/or hike around Devils Tower is either early in the morning or late in the day. The KOA right at the entrance of Devil's Tower is very convenient and allows for multiple trips into the park.

If I had to choose just one of the two, I'd go with Devil's Tower but I'm biased due to my interest in photography.

A couple of hours at each should suffice, but you do realize they are not really that close to each other, yes? Three & a half hours driving from one to the other with no stops.

I would have done the walk around at Devil's Tower, but I was lame just then. Do stop in the visitor's center and read the different theories of why it exists. - Interesting.

I did walk some of Little Big Horn. There is to get your arms around if you are a history buff, if not, there is a monument......

Matt

TyroneandGladys wrote:
We spent about two hours at each of them

About what we spent at each, but not on the same day. I enjoyed both, one for the historical significance and one for the natural wonder. About 3 1/2 or 4 hours between the two as I remember so it would be a long day. And I don't know what is available as far as overnight stays near each.