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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 7-Days a week year round, except for December 25.  



Visitor Services Dates and Hours of Operation
  Call the Park at 605-574-3165 / 3198 for   
      additional information.  
Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center May 29 - August 14            8:00am - 10:00pm
  August 15 - September 30  8:00am - 9:00pm
  October 1 - May 28           8:00am - 5:00pm
         
Information Center May 29 - August 14            8:00am - 10:00pm
  August 15 - September 30   8:00am - 9:00pm
      October 1 - May 28            8:00am - 5:00pm
   
Sculptors Studio May 15 - May 22               9:00am - 4:00pm
  May 23 - Aug 14                8:00am - 7:00pm
  Aug 15 - Oct 5                8:00am - 5:00pm
      Oct 6 - Closed  
   
Audio Tour Building May 15 - September 30    8:00am - 4:00pm
  October 1 Closed (Audio tour wands are available 
      at the Information Center).  
FOOD and Gifts For additional Information call 605-574-2515
   
Gift Shop May 18 - September 30    8:00am - 10:30pm
  October 1 - 12                  8:00am - 5:30pm
  October 13 - 24                8:00am 7:00pm
      October 25 - May 17        8:00am - 6:00pm
   
Carvers Café Summer Season                 8:00am - 7:00pm
  May 23 - September 30    8:00am - 9:00pm
  October 1 - 12                  8:00am - 5:30pm
  October 13 - 24                8:00am - 4:30pm
      October 25 - on                8:00am - 4:30pm
   
Memorial Team Ice Cream Summer Season                11:00am - 7:00pm
  May 23 - September 30   11:00am - 9:00pm
  October 1 - 12                  8:00am - 5:30pm
  October 13 - 24                8:00am - 4:30pm
      October 25 - on                8:00am - 4:30pm


Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Over 90% of Mount Rushmore was carved by using dynamite. Dynamite blasts removed approximately 450,000 tons of rock from the mountain.

Last Updated: October 06, 2009 at 17:18 EST