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Mount Rushmore – Presidential Trail loop from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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United States

South Dakota

Pennington County

Mount Rushmore – Presidential Trail loop from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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18,371

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Mount Rushmore – Presidential Trail loop from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

00:33

1.92km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 16, 2026

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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122 m

Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Mount Rushmore was a project carried out from 1927 to 1941 to carve 4 presidents' heads into the mountain side. The sculpture features the 60-foot-tall heads of four US presidents: …

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289 m

Memorial Team Ice Cream

Highlight • Cafe

While visiting Mount Rushmore, you just have to grab a scoop of Vanilla ice cream. In my opinion, it is the best vanilla ice cream I ever ate. The “Monumental …

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423 m

View of Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Absolute tourist place, but ok, you know it beforehand and the monuments are definitely impressive.

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692 m

View of George Washington on Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Views are always fun for photography.

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786 m

Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Mount Rushmore is a mountain in the Black Hills in the state of South Dakota and a famous monument showing the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt …

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1.05 km

Presidential Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Presidential Trail is an approximately 1-km-long trail at the foot of Mount Rushmore, which offers great views of the presidential heads and, if lucky, wild animals such as mountain …

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1.92 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.83 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.04 km

773 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Thursday 25 June

13°C

10°C

75 %

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Comments

September 22, 2023,🇺🇲 Mount Rushmore | South Dakota

This monumental work was one of the focal points of our trip. But on that particular day the weather was a spoilsport. It was cold, foggy and after a short time it started to rain. After a short time we had to stop the short hike that we had started to gain time. As an alternative, we chose Deadwood, a …

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October 13, 2023,Mt. Rushmore

Last Friday we visited Mt. Ruchmore, which is said to represent the four presidents of the United States: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, who represent the birth, growth, development and preservation of the nation, respectively.
The monument was very impressive, even though it is very well known through pictures.
However, one should approach the issue critically …

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