• Mount Rushmore, Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln framed by ponderosa pine trees under a bright blue sky.

    Mount Rushmore

    National Memorial South Dakota

Operating Hours

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 25, 2013 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 26 - August 10, 2013 To be announced


Audio Tour Building

May 12 - 25, 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



Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Geologists estimate that the granite at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will erode only 1 inch every 10,000 years.