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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Operating Hours
 

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is open all year, except for December 25.  Please see the summer and winter season schedules below for seasonal hours.

SUMMER SEASON
May 23 - September 30, 2009

Open 7 days a week

Facility 

Information Center           
     May 23 - Aug. 14     8am - 10pm
     Aug. 15 - Sept. 30   8am - 9pm

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

Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center     
     May 23 - Aug. 14    8am - 10pm
     Aug. 15 - Sept. 30  8am - 9pm

Sculptor's Studio               
     May 15 - May 22     9am - 4pm
     May 23 - Aug. 14    8am - 7pm
     Aug. 15 - TBA

Gift Shop                         
     Summer Season      
     May 18 on           8am - 10:30pm

Carvers Cafe                   
     Summer Season    8am - 7pm    
     May 23 on            8am - 9pm

Memorial Team Ice Cream 
     Summer Season      11am - 7pm
     May 23 on             11am - 9pm

Parking                            
      May 3 - May 22     7:00am - 9:00pm
      May 23 on            7:00am - 10:00pm

Evening Program
May 23 - August 14, 9:00pm
August 15 - September 30, 8:00pm

Click here for information on all ranger programs

Winter Season
October 1, 2009 - May 29, 2010

Open 7 days a week
Closed Christmas Day, December 25

Facility

Information Center         
     8am - 5pm     

Audio Tour Building            
     CLOSED

Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center   
     8am - 5pm

Sculptor's Studio               
     CLOSED

Gift Shop                       
     October 1 -12     8am - 8pm
     October 13 - 24  8am - 7pm
     October 25-on    8am - 6pm

Carvers Cafe                      
      October 1 - 12    8am - 5:30pm
     October 13 - 24   8am - 4:30pm
     October 25 - on   8am - 4:30pm

Memorial Team Ice Cream 
     October 1 - 12    8am - 5:30pm
     October 13 - 24   8am - 4:30pm
     October 25 - on   8am - 4:30pm

Parking                                  
     7:30am - 5:00pm

 

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."

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Last Updated: June 11, 2009 at 19:01 EST