Mount Rushmore National Memorial, colossal sculpture in the Black Hills of southwestern South Dakota, U.S. It lies about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Rapid City, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Custer, and just north of Custer State Park. Huge representations of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, each about 60 feet (18 metres) tall, are carved in granite on the southeast side of Mount Rushmore.
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- Congress passed the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Act, signed by Coolidge, which authorized up to $250,000 in matching funds.
- Launching, landing or operating unmanned or remote controlled aircraft within Mount Rushmore National Memorial is prohibited (36 CFR 1.5).
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota. 143,277 likes · 499 talking about this · 870,167 were here. While this is an open forum, it is...
- Above dense forests and pristine streams, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial represents a national treasure.
- Gutzon Borglum's scale model that was used for carving the colossal sculpture ensemble at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, southwestern South Dakota, U.S.
- The four 60-foot granite faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial draw more than three million visitors each year.
- The Black Hills, where Mount Rushmore was constructed were, and still are, considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux, the tribe native to the region.
- For full information, please see our disclaimer here. Trip to Mount Rushmore National Memorial: colossal sculpture withe heads of 4 presidents.
- Each year, more than 3 million travelers visit South Dakota’s top attraction, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, located 25 miles southwest of Rapid City...
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial. 4.5. 11,930 reviews. #1 of 24 things to do in Keystone. National ParksMonuments & Statues.
