Mount Rushmore National Memorial Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Mount Rushmore National Memorial [1] is a United States National Memorial located in the American state of South Dakota, in the vicinity (35 miles) of Rapid City. Featuring the monumental faces of four former Presidents of the United States of America, blasted and carved from the white rock, Mount Rushmore represents an iconic destination for many travellers to the area.
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Understand
Mount Rushmore depicts the faces of four former Presidents (from left to right):
- George Washington, first president
- Thomas Jefferson
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Abraham Lincoln
History
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Climate
Get in
By road
Travelers on I-90 should exit at Rapid City and follow Highway 16 southwest to Keystone and then Highway 244 to Mount Rushmore. Travelers coming from the south should follow Highway 385 north to Highway 244, which is the road leading to the National Memorial.
Fees/Permits
Get around
See
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Lodging
No lodging is available at the memorial. Keystone is nearby, with several lodging opportunities. There are many more hotels and motels in Rapid City, if you'd prefer to avoid the kitschy, tacky atmosphere of Keystone and don't mind a slightly longer drive.
Camping
There are no campgrounds at the Memorial. Several campgrounds are in nearby Black Hills National Forest and Custer State Park, as well as in communities in the Black Hills.
Backcountry
Stay safe
Get out
- If you go for grandiose statuary, Crazy Horse Memorial is presently being created from another of the Black Hills near Custer. Don't bother with the overpriced, tacky and self-aggrandizing visitor center, but try to catch some (free) views from SR 244; easier seen northbound (coming from Custer) than southbound.
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