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Pennington County

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

Easy

4.6

(7413)

18,371

hikers

Mount Rushmore – Presidential Trail loop from Mount Rushmore National Memorial

00:42

2.52km

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: May 7, 2026

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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Parking

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336 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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504 m

Memorial Team Ice Cream

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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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3

1.04 km

Views are always fun for photography.

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1.14 km

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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1.40 km

Presidential Trail

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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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2.52 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

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2.29 km

196 m

Surfaces

1.24 km

773 m

477 m

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Tuesday 12 May

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