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 12, 2013 - August 10, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. |
| August 11, 2013 - September 30, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| October 1, 2013 - May, 2014 |
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Evening Lighting Ceremony
| May 12 - August 10, 2013 |
9:00 p.m. nightly |
| August 11 - September 30, 2013 |
8:00 p.m. nightly |
| October 1, 2013 - May, 2014 |
Sculpture illuminated nightly for one hour, approximately 30 minutes after sunset. |
Sculptor's Studio
| May 12 - May 31, 2013 |
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| June 1 - August 10, 2013 |
9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Audio Tour Building
| May 12 - August 10, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (audio tour rentals available at bookstore inside the Information Center between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m.) |
Gift Shop
| May 12 - August 15, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. |
| August 16 - September 30, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
| October 1 - 10, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| October 11 - 24, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 25, 2013 - March, 2014 |
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
Carvers Café
| May 12 - August 15, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| August 16 - September 13, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| September 14 - 30, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 1 - 10, 2013 |
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| October 11, 2013 - March, 2014 |
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ice Cream
| May 12 - August 15, 2013 |
11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
| August 16 - September 13, 2013 |
11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| September 13 - 30, 2013 |
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. |
| October 1, 2013 - May, 2014 |
available in Carvers Café |
