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Mount Rushmore National MemorialSample of Honeycomb rock on display in the Lincoln Borglum Museum at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Park Statistics
 

Acerage
Gross Area Acres 1,278.45

Visitation

2008 - 2,416,870
2007 - 2,507,218
2006 - 2,688,209
2005 - 2,757,971
2004 - 2,754,261
2003 - 2,998,015
2002 - 2,922,003
2001 - 2,569,896
2000 - 2,522,080

Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
The erosion rate of Mount Rushmore National Memorial is estimated by geologists at 1 inch every 10,000 years? It should be around for many years to come.

Last Updated: February 08, 2009 at 12:49 EST