Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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Contact Information:
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
13000 Highway 244
Building 31, Suite1
Keystone, SD 57751
605-574-2523
http://www.nps.gov/moru/
Size: 1,278 acres.
Location: Surrounded by the Black Hills National Forest, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is 25 miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota, via US 16; and 3 miles from Keystone, South Dakota, via US 16A and SD 244.
Description: Colossal heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt were sculpted by Gutzon Borglum on the face of a granite mountain. A lighting ceremony is presented in the amphitheater during summer evenings.
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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A short stroll along the Presidential Trail provides the closest access to the sculpture. Ranger-led activities are conducted daily during the summer. The sculpture on Mount Rushmore is illuminated nightly year-round. During the summer months, a sculpture lighting program is held in the park's amphitheater each night at 9pm (program begins at 8pm in September). The 30-minute program consists of a short ranger talk, a film about the four presidents on the mountain, the playing of the National Anthem and the lighting of the sculpture.
Operating
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Memorial and visitor services are open all year. However, visitor services are closed December 25.
History: Authorized on March 3, 1925.
See Mount Rushmore Photo Gallery
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