About this guide

Rushmore Ticket Guide is an independent guide to visiting Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the Black Hills around it. We are not the National Park Service, the memorial's concessioner, a tour operator or GetYourGuide. We explain what a visit really involves and compare the guided tours that can be booked online, so you can decide whether you need one at all.

Facts on this site are checked against official sources: the National Park Service pages for Mount Rushmore, Badlands, Wind Cave and Jewel Cave, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks for Custer State Park, and Travel South Dakota. Tour details come from the live GetYourGuide listings and are described as each listing states them. Hours, rules and tour details change; when an official page or a listing disagrees with this site, trust the official page or the listing.

The site is funded by affiliate commissions: when you book through a GetYourGuide link here, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That never changes what we tell you, including that entry to the memorial is free and that a car is all many visitors need. Details on the affiliate disclosure page.

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