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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
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?
Mount Rushmore is named after a New York City Attorney? Charles E. Rushmore was sent out to this area in 1884 to check legal titles on properties. On his way back to Pine Camp he asked Bill Challis the name of this mountain. Bill replied, "Never had a name but from now on we'll call it Rushmore."

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