The visitor facilities at Mount Rushmore National Memorial are open all year, seven days a week, with the exception of December 25th.
Operating hours are listed below:
Information Center and Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
| May 13, 2012 - August 11, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. |
| August 12, 2012 - September 30, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| October 1, 2012 - May, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Evening Lighting Ceremony
| May 13 - August 11, 2012 |
Lighting ceremony held nightly at 9:00 p.m. |
| August 12 - September 30, 2012 |
Lighting ceremony held nightly at 8:00 p.m. |
| October 1, 2012 - May, 2013 |
Sculpture illuminated nightly for one hour,
approximately 30 minutes after sunset.
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Sculptor's Studio
| May 28 - August 12, 2012 |
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
Audio Tour Building
| May 7 - August 12, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Rentals available inside Information Center between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.) |
Gift Shop
| May 13 - August 15, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| August 16 - Sept 30, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
| October 1 - October 10, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| October 11 - October 24, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 25, 2012 - March, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
Carvers Café
| May 13 - August 15, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| August 16 - Sept. 13, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| Sept. 14 - Sept. 30, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 1 - October 10, 2012 |
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| October 11, 2012 - March, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ice Cream
| May 13 - August 15, 2012 |
11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| August 16 - September 13, 2012 |
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| September 14 - September 30, 2012 |
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 1, 2012 - May, 2013 |
available in Carvers Café |
