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Drive 35
Devils Tower Loop
Devils Tower, rising high above the Wyoming hills, is revered by Plains Indians
as a symbolic link to the heavens, despite its diabolical name.
Length:
About 150 miles
When to go:
Popular year-round, but driving conditions are best during the warmer
months.
Words to the wise:
No fuel is available between Sundance and Hulett. Bring comfort-
able shoes or boots for hiking.
Nearby attraction:
Thunder Basin National Grassland, offering views of wildlife.
Largest sector is west of Newcastle.
Further information:
Wyoming Division of Tourism
1.
Newcastle
The grassy plains of the open range meet forested foothills at Newcastle, an early railroad
stop founded in 1889. Sample the town's historic sites, then follow Rte. 85 to the north,
where it quickly climbs out of the broad flatlands into rolling hills cloaked with a dense,
dark forest of ponderosa pines.
Red Butte, a sandstone formation that looms just off the road, provides a colorful coun-
terpoint to the woodlands. Both Indians and frontiersmen scaled the butte and used it as a
lookoutpoint.Fartheralong,theroaddipsoutofthehillsandbackontograss-coveredplains
near Four Corners, a tiny community where the drive heads northwest on Rte. 585.
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