Mountain Rushmore Facilities and Contact Info

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is open year-round except for Christmas Day, featuring on-site facilities including a museum and visitor center, sculptor's studio, guided tours and talks, food, and gift shop.

Location

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located 23 miles southwest of Rapid City, off Highway 244.

Features and Facilities

Mount Rushmore National Monument

• Granite carving of the faces of four US Presidents 
• Open year-round except for December 25
• Summer Hours (Early-May - late-September): 8 am – 10pm
• Winter Hours (Late-September - early-May): 8 am – 5 pm
• Summer evening program features a lighting ceremony
• No admission fee; $10 annual parking pass ($50 annual bus parking pass)
• Best viewing areas: Borglum View and Grand View Terraces, Presidential Trail, Avenue of Flags, ampitheater, terrace near Sculptor's Studio

Information Center

• Open 7 days/week
• Early Summer Hours (Early-May – mid-August): 8 am – 10 pm
• Late Summer Hours (Mid-August – late-September): 8 am – 9 pm
• Winter hours (October 1 – early-May): 8 am – 5 pm
• Features: information desk, orientation exhibit, bookstore

Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center and Museum

• Exhibits on American History, Civil War, Indian Wars and more.
• 2 theaters showing orientation films daily.
• Historic footage of Gutzon Borglum and the sculpting process.
• Early Summer Hours (early-May – mid-August): 8am – 10pm
• Late Summer Hours (mid-August – late-September): 8am – 9pm
• Winter Hours (October 1 – early-May): 8am – 5pm

Sculptor's Studio

• Gutzon Borglum’s second on-site studio
• See Borglum’s plaster model of Mt. Rushmore, used to carve the sculpture
• View original carving tools
• Daily Sculptor’s Studio talk during summer
• Summer Hours (late-May – early-September): 8am – 5pm
• Autumn Hours (early-September – late-September): 9am – 4pm
• Closed rest of the year

Other On-Site Features

• Daily Guided Tours
• Audio Tours
• Gift Shop
• Carvers Cafe (open year-round)
• Memorial Team Ice Cream
• Avenue of Flags
• Presidential Trail
• Ampitheater

Accessibility

• Unloading area for mobility-impaired visitors at main entry
• Wheelchairs available for loan at the Information Center
• Elevator access to ampitheater and Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
• Other wheelchair accessible areas: Sculptor’s Studio, Presidential Trail (surfaced), dining facilities and gift shop

Pets

Pets only allowed in pet exercise areas (except for guide dogs).

Contact Information

• Phone (Park Headquarters): 605 - 574 – 2523
• Phone (Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center): 605 – 574 – 3165
• Phone (Visitor Information – recorded): 605 – 574 – 3171
• Fax: 605 – 574 – 2307
• Mail: 13000 Highway 244
  Building 31, Suite 1
  Keystone, SD 57751-0268