Free to visit
Mount Rushmore
Nature or garden · South Dakota · USA 🇺🇸
Free to visit — no ticket needed
A public place: nothing is sold and no booking exists. Anyone selling you a ticket for it is not official.
nps.govAdmission prices
Free
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Free entry
does not charge an entrance fee
stated on nps.gov/moru/planyourvisit/fees.htm · checked 2026-10-11
Mount Rushmore National Memorial does not charge an entrance fee.
Practical
Mount Rushmore: address
13000 Highway 244 Building 31, Suite 1 Keystone, SD 57751Open in Google Maps →✓ nps.gov/moru/index.htm · 2026-10-05Mount Rushmore: opening hours
The visitor facilities at Mount Rushmore National Memorial are open all year, seven days a week, with the exception of December 25th. … Parking Structure and Memorial Grounds November 1 - March 9 6:00 am to 9:00 pm March 10 - September 30 5:00 am to 11:00 pm October 1 - October 31 6:00 am to 9:00 pm✓ nps.gov/moru/planyourvisit/hours.htm · 2026-10-11Mount Rushmore: how to get there
Visitors traveling by car on Interstate 90 should exit at Rapid City and follow U.S. Highway 16 to Keystone and then South Dakota Highway 244 to Mount Rushmore. Visitors coming from the south should follow U. S. Highway 385 north to South Dakota Highway 244, which is the road leading to the memorial.✓ nps.gov/moru/planyourvisit/directions.htm · 2026-10-07Mount Rushmore: are dogs allowed?
Pets are only allowed in the parking garages and the areas adjacent to them.✓ nps.gov/moru/index.htm · 2026-10-05Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota, tell the story of the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country.
Free entry — official site →
You will be redirected to nps.gov — This is the venue’s own website.