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Photograph of Wyoming Highway 110
Photograph by National Park Service inventory, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Entrance Road-Devils Tower National Monument

Built in 1917 (National Park Service rustic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Entrance Road at Devils Tower National Monument, officially known as Wyoming Highway 110, is a .585-mile-long (0.941 km) scenic road that provides the approach to the Devil's Tower eminence, affording planned views to arriving visitors.”

Wikipedia article Entrance Road, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Crook County · listed in 2000 · category: Structure · built in 1917, National Park Service rustic.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Entrance Road--Devils Tower National Monument - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Devils Tower National Monument, Devils Tower, 82714
  • When was it listed? July 2000
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Devils Tower National Monument MPS
  • Census division. Moorcroft
  • When was it built? 1917
  • Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
  • National Register reference number. 00000854 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Entrance Road-Devils Tower National Monument between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,298 acres in total. 19 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 1992Natural2.5 acresDevils Tower National MonumentCAMPSTOOL
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresDevils Tower National MonumentWEEHINKLE
11 September 2019Natural1.0 acresCrook CountyDEAN FIRE
30 August 2002Natural80 acresDevils Tower National MonumentBUTTE
30 August 1993Naturalunder an acreDevils Tower National MonumentSNAG2 FIRE
27 August 1997Natural2.0 acresDevils Tower National MonumentN. BOUNDRY
25 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresDevils Tower National MonumentDRISKILL D
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCrook CountyLAKE RANCH FIRE

Every fire recorded in Crook County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Entrance Road-Devils Tower National Monument: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Belle Fourche River No 2Gypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Campstool 9 and 11UraniumOccurrence
Claim #2UraniumOccurrence
Red Rock 1UraniumOccurrence
Red Rock 2UraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Crook County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Devils Tower, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 45 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001HailDevils Tower4 hurt, $10,000no account filed
July 2001LightningDevils Tower2 hurtno account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower1 hurtNumerous reports of broken windows, building damage, extensive camper and vehicle damage, and extensive tree damage throughout the Devils Tower area. There was one injury when a person suffered an elbow contusion from flying debris at a campground and had to receive medical attention.
May 2013HailDevils Tower$200,000no account filed
June 2011HailDevils Tower$25,000no account filed
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Devils Tower$10,000A tornado touched down at a ranch east of Devils Tower, where it destroyed an old house and barn, and snapped and uprooted large Ponderosa pine trees along its track.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower$2,000Strong winds snapped several cottonwood trees 25 inches in diameter.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Numerous trees downed and damaged within Devils Tower National Monument. Some trails within the park were closed for several days for cleanup, including the main trail around the monument.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-The spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Pea sized hail also fell with the storm at Devils Tower Junction.
July 2014HailDevils Tower-Hail covered the ground.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph at the visitors' center.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Wind gusts to 70 mph accompanied the storm.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2024HailDevils Tower-no account filed
August 2024HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
May 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2023HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2020HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2020HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2020HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2020HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2020HailDevils Tower-no account filed
May 2019HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2018HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2018Funnel CloudDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2014HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2013HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2013HailDevils Tower-no account filed
August 2013HailDevils Tower-no account filed
August 2013HailDevils Tower-no account filed
May 2013HailDevils Tower-no account filed
April 2012HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2011HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2010HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2010HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2008HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2008HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2008HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2008HailDevils Tower-no account filed
August 2008HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2006HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2006HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2005HailDevils Tower-no account filed
May 2001HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2001HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2001HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 2001HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDevils Tower-no account filed
June 1999HailDevils Tower-no account filed
July 1999HailDevils Tower-no account filed
June 1996HailDevils Tower-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crook County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Tower Ladder-Devils Tower National Monument0.2 miles2000
Old Headquarters Area Historic District0.5 miles2000
Entrance Station-Devils Tower National Monument0.6 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000854 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Crook CountyAll 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.