For accessibility needs and more information on park hours, visit the National Park Service. The highway goes through one-way tunnels and passes by massive granite walls. Driving down the 14-mile-long Needles Highway you won’t believe you are still in South Dakota. For guests’ safety, the Presidential Trail from The Grand View Terrace to the Youth Exploration Trail is not open during this project. Top Pick: Under Canvas Glamping tents only a 15-minute walk to Mount Rushmore.
Please note, the Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, Grand View Terrace and Amphitheater are closed for remodeling.
There is so much to see and experience at Mount Rushmore! Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt. Gib Young, who reenacts Teddy Roosevelt, is in the park five days a week. Explore Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota with. Make sure you check out the lighting ceremony every evening with a ranger talk, retiring of the flag and the illumination of the sculpture. The Presidential Trail is also open to the turnaround. The Sculptor’s Studio, which is the artist’s original studio, gives his perspective and vision of the monument to visitors. The Nature Trail across from the Parking Lot takes you to the Borglum View Terrace and Civilian Conservation Corps stairs that lead to the original Historic Viewing Area. Check out the terrace area for especially breathtaking views of the monument. The information center, audio tour, restrooms, gift shop and Carver’s Café & Ice Cream shop are open. It is both a spectacular site and a man-made wonder. This mountain carving of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln draws over three million visitors a year. Discover what motivated Gutzon Borglum - why he began at age 60 what men half his age wouldn't attempt.Mount Rushmore symbolizes the ideals of freedom, democracy and the American dream in the four 60-foot granite faces.
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Visit the museum to get the full Rushmore experience, and explore his other accomplishments. This is truly an entertaining, exciting and informative tour for the whole family. You will think you are there as you view the actual blasting of the granite. Catch your breath as Borglum and his crew work on the face of the monument in bosun's seats hung from thin cables.
Step back in time as our exclusive film takes you and Borglum to the top of the monument on the cable car. Reserve a ticket for your trip to South Dakota today. (Children gaze in awe as the eye towers over them.) Book tours and tickets to experience Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Stand with your family alongside the full-sized eye of Lincoln, an exact replica of the eye on the mountain. On your tour you will meet the artist, his family and the famous people who were his friends. You will be amazed that Gutzon Borglum excelled in so many fields. Rushmore you must first visit the Rushmore Borglum Story. An exciting tour for the whole family! Venture into the world of Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, from the blasting of the stone to the grandeur of the "Seated Lincoln." The Borglum Story will enable children and adults to step back and become part of the carving years.
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