Precipitation runoff from Tower of Babel drains to the nearby Colorado River via Courthouse Wash.

This landform's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[3] This landform was shown briefly in the opening scene of the 1989 American action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

The first ascent of the summit was made October 17, 1986, by Charlie Fowler, Eric Bjornstad, and Lin Ottinger via the class 5.4 Zenyatta Entrada route.

[7] Another feature on Tower of Babel is The Three Gargoyles, a class 5.11 rock-climbing route first climbed by Jimmie Dunn and Joe Slansky.