Mount Rushmore National Memorial | Black Hills & Badlands - South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a large-scale mountain sculpture by artist Gutzon Borglum. The figures of America's most prominent U.S. presidents--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt—represent 150 years of American history.

The Memorial is located near Keystone in the Black Hills of South Dakota, roughly 30 miles from Rapid City.

Each year, approximately three million tourists from all over the world visit Mount Rushmore to experience this patriotic site. Today, the wonder of the mountain reverberates through every visitor. The four "great faces" of the presidents tower 5,725 feet above sea level and are scaled to men who would stand 465 feet tall.

There are many amenities at the site including the Mount Rushmore Audio Tour, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center & Museum, the Presidential Trail, Youth Exploration Area, Sculptor’s Studio, a parking garage with R.V. parking, pet exercise areas, , the Carvers Café, Memorial Ice Cream Shop, Gift Shop and the Mount Rushmore Bookstores. 

For health and safety measures being taken by the Mount Rushmore concessionaire, please visit https://www.mtrushmorenationalmemorial.com/health-and-safety.

Here Are The Top 10 Things You Need To Do At Mount Rushmore

If you are one of the roughly 2.5 million people traveling from around the world to experience the wonder of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, be sure to add these top ten things to see and do to your list.

Hours: 

5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
 

Mount Rushmore National Memorial facilities are open year-round, seven days a week, with December 25 being the exception. On December 25th, weather permitting, the parking structure and grounds remain open, but all buildings are closed.

For more information and current hours, see the memorial's operating hours here

Fees: 

You will not have to pay an entrance fee to visit Mount Rushmore National Monument, but there are parking fees.

Current Parking Fees

The National Park Annual Park Pass, Federal interagency, military, senior and access passes are not accepted as Federal funding was not used in the building of the parking garage.

 

Purchase Parking Permit

Directions: 

Visitors traveling on I-90 should exit at Rapid City and follow Highway 16 southwest to Keystone and then Highway 244 to Mount Rushmore. Visitors coming from the south should follow Highway 385 north to Highway 244, which is the road leading to the memorial.

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Things to See and Do at Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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