- The fourth and final President, Abraham Lincoln, was chosen for his part in abolishing slavery in the United States. Mount Rushmore took 14 years to sculpt.
- About 3 million people visit Mount Rushmore Memorial park each year. The dark side of the monument is that it was marred with controversy in its initial stages.
- Visiting Mount Rushmore was a long time bucket list item for me having seen this iconic location in photos, movies, and on TV growing up.
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located about 40km to the southwest of Rapid City and about 16km to the northeast of Custer city.
- Aerial view of Mount Rushmore and its colossal sculpture set within the Black Hills, southwestern South Dakota, U.S.
- In the Black Hills of southern South Dakota, in the United States (US), stands the enormous sculpture known as Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
- The four 60-foot granite faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial draw more than three million visitors each year.
- The nearby Black Hills Mountains are also granite. Note that Mount Rushmore is the highest in the region, a criterion of choice for the installation of statues.
- About 3 million visitors come to view Mount Rushmore—located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota—each year.
- As a joke, someone started calling Six Grandfathers Mountain, Mount Rushmore, and the name stuck.