Which national monument is featured in the film, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”?
Devils Tower
Aztec Ruins
Jewel Cave
Mount St. Helens
Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains in northeastern Wyoming. Its majestic presence soars an impressive 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, with a towering height of 867 feet from its summit to its base. This iconic natural wonder was declared a National Monument on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. Devils Tower played a pivotal role in the 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” where it became the central backdrop for the film’s climactic sequences.
Correct Answer: Devils Tower