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Mount Rushmore National MemorialTimeline located in the Lincoln Borglum Museum at Mount Rushmore
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Operating Hours
 

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is open all year, except for Christmas Day.  Please see the summer and winter season schedules below for seasonal hours.

SUMMER SEASON
May 24 - September 30, 2008

Open 7 days a week

Facility 

Information Center           
     May 24 - Aug. 14     8am - 10pm
     Aug. 15 - Sept. 30   8am - 9pm

Audio Tour Building           
     May 15 - May 23      9am - 4pm
     May 24 - Sept. 30    8am - 4pm

Lincoln Borglum Museum     
     May 24 - Aug. 14    8am - 10pm
     Aug. 15 - Sept. 30  8am - 9pm

Sculptor's Studio               
     May 15 - May 23     9am - 4pm
     May 24 - Aug. 14    8am - 7pm

Gift Shop                         
     Summer Season      7am - 10pm

Carvers Cafe                   
     Summer Season       7am - 9pm

Memorial Team Ice Cream 
     Summer Season      7am - 9pm

Parking                           
      Summer Season      7am - 10pm

Evening Program
May 24 - August 14, 9:00pm
August 15 - September 30, 8:00pm

Click here for information on all ranger programs

 

Winter Season
October 1, 2008 - May 23, 2009

Open 7 days a week
Closed Christmas Day, December 25

Facility

Information Center         
     8am - 5pm     

Audio Tour Building            
     CLOSED

Lincoln Borglum Museum   
     8am - 5pm

Sculptor's Studio               
     CLOSED

Gift Shop                       
     TBA

Carvers Cafe                      
    
TBA

Memorial Team Ice Cream 
     TBA

Parking                                 
     TBA

For park information, please call (605) 574-2523

Carvers Cafe, Memorial Team Ice Cream, and Gift Shop are operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts.  For information, please call (605) 574-2515.

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."

Last Updated: April 30, 2008 at 12:03 EST