Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and Things to do Nearby. 2 day itinerary in South Dakota. The Devils Tower National Monument. Badlans National Park.
Explore a piece of American history at Mount Rushmore National Memorial with this list of activities you can't miss -- written by a former park ranger!
How to visit Mount Rushmore. Best time to visit, best things to do, where to get the best views, advice on how to plan your time.
Looking for the best things to do near Mount Rushmore? Here's the top 10 attractions close to Mt Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Perhaps you thought of stopping in Rapid City, South Dakota for a night on your family road trip, allowing a quick visit to Mount Rushmore, as did we. But after we decided to hang around for 4 nights, we discovered there was so much more to do around Rapid City. Here’s our favourite 13 things to do (in addition to Mount Rushmore).
Visiting Mount Rushmore and wondering what to see and what are the best things to do nearby? Or maybe looking for Black Hills itinerary ideas? This guide should answer all your questions. Find out!
Explore a piece of American history at Mount Rushmore National Memorial with this list of activities you can't miss -- written by a former park ranger!
There are so many great things to do near Mount Rushmore! Here are the top things to do on a Mount Rushmore road trip. Plus where to stay.
Click here for the ultimate South Dakota road trip itinerary from Rapid City including the Badlands, the Black Hills, Deadwood, Mount Rushmore, and more!
If you’re thinking of taking a Mount Rushmore family vacation, I’ve got some great tips for you. We recently completed a trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota with our four children, and it was one of the most memorable travel experiences we’ve had as a family. There are so many kid-friendly thi
South Dakota's Monuments are breath taking, amazing & super fun! Visit Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial & a giant Smokey the Bear & Bigfoot.
When it’s your stated mission to go out and seek new and interesting adventures, it can be hard to return to certain places. It’s not because you didn’t enjoy it on your first vis…
The construction of Mount Rushmore took lots of men, money and years. www.travelsd.com
Say hello to your next getaway!
All of Tim's Printables in one convenient location.
Do you think you know all there is to know about Mount Rushmore? If you haven't seen inside its secret tunnel, you are missing out.
Visiting Mount Rushmore and wondering what to see and what are the best things to do nearby? Or maybe looking for Black Hills itinerary ideas? This guide should answer all your questions. Find out!
Caroline Morse Teel is the Managing Editor for SmarterTravel Media. Follow her on Instagram @TravelWithCaroline. Caroline joined Boston-based SmarterTravel in 2011 after living in Ireland, London, and Manhattan. She's traveled to all seven continents, jumped out of planes, and bungeed off bridges in the pursuit of a good story. She loves exploring off-the-beaten path destinations, anything outdoorsy, and all things adventure. Her stories have also appeared online at USA Today, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Yahoo, Boston.com, TripAdvisor, Buzzfeed, Jetsetter, Oyster, Airfarewatchdog, and others. The Handy Item I Always Pack: "Earplugs. A good pair has saved my sleep and sanity many times!" Ultimate Bucket List Experience: Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro. Travel Motto: "Don't be boring." Aisle, Window, or Middle Seat: "Aisle (when the first class private suite isn't available)." E-mail her at [email protected].
Art.com | We Are Art We exist so you can have the art you love. Art.com gives you easy access to incredible art images and top-notch craftsmanship. High-Quality Framed Art Prints Our high-end framed wall art is printed on premium paper using non-toxic, archival inks that protect against UV light to resist fading. Experience unmatched quality and style as you choose from a wide range of designs to enhance your room décor. Professionally Crafted Framed Wall Art Attention to detail is at the heart of our process, as we exclusively use 100% solid wood frames that include 4-ply white core matboard and durable, frame-grade clear acrylic for clarity, long-lasting protection of the artwork and unrivaled quality. With a thoughtfully selected frame and mat combination, this piece is designed to complement your art and create a visually appealing display. Easy-to-Hang & Ready-to-Display Artwork Each framed art piece comes with hanging hardware affixed to the back of the frame, allowing for easy and convenient installation. Ready to display right out of the box. Handcrafted in the USA. The Print This photographic print leverages sophisticated digital technology to capture a level of detail that is absolutely stunning. The colors are vivid and pure. The high-quality archival paper, a favorite choice among professional photographers, has a refined luster quality. Paper Type: Photo Finished Size: 18" x 24" Arrives by Sat, Mar 9 Product ID: 15400784A
Heroic Scale • Mount Rushmore • Keystone, SD • Sculptor: Gutzon Borglum Dynamite, scaffolding, winches, dangling bosun chairs and a temporary city of workers, laborers and support staff, over 400 in number, brought light to some of the darkest moments of the Great Depression, and an American icon to the hills of South Dakota. Their work, and the vision of Gutzon Borglum and the project’s unsung hero, Borglum’s son, the aptly named Lincoln, yielded Mt. Rushmore, an ode to patriotism that still draws almost 3 million visitors a year. A marvel of engineering, craft, dedication, ingenuity, patriotism and certainly, quirk on the grandest of scales, Mt. Rushmore still maintains the colossal nobility of its original intent. And here, the size is the thing. Of an almost incomprehensible scale, yet rendered with superb delicacy. Remarkably, over 90% of the work was done the Big Bang way, with dynamite removing the heftiest chunks of the mountain’s original granite face. It’s hard to believe such earth-shattering means found such refined result. And it was all PC: pre-CAD, pre computer… although now, a high tech project is documenting the mountain with laser-precision. The presidential choices were highly specific, based on the shaping principles their presidencies represented. Washington earned his place of prominence for laying the foundation for our nation’s democracy. Jefferson’s written eloquence, with our Declaration of Independence, secured his place (and also for the expansion of the states on his watch). Lincoln made the mountainous list for his unifying role during America’s Civil War. The Mt. Rushmore site page said it best: “Roosevelt was known as the ‘trust buster’ for his work to end large corporate monopolies and ensure the rights of the common working man.” Sounds like he’d be hanging down at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park with the Occupy Wall Streeters if he were still around. "The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States," wrote Borglum. The traits they represent and made them worth immortalizing in stone held great significance to a younger America, and extra significance now in a country that could benefit, it seems, from a return to these roots. It’s also not without its sense of divisiveness (a trait of tension shared by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and Serra’s "Twain"). There were (and are) issues with the ownership of the original land, a Native American population that still lives in the mountain’s shadow. And it is a bit of all-American hubris, man-over mountain bravado that would no doubt ruffle the feathers of the Audobon Society were an artist to take dynamite once again to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Is it corny? Naïve? A little, and perhaps. But it is also a feat we are not apt to see duplicated ever in our lifetimes, and that is just one more thing that makes it worth note and honor. And not just because they just don’t make presidents like they used to. This mountain is worth visiting. And the principles of the men it monumentalizes are certainly worth revisiting. Perhaps now more than ever. Why are public art projects still so important? They create dialogue. They create points of pride. They encourage debate. They bring beauty. They help us honor the fallen and honor our neighbors. And sometimes, they pull us toward one big communal fire, as the stars drift overhead. There’s a lovely art to that. What permanent public art would you add to the list? And feel free to blur the lines on your own definition. All good art does. All photos: http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm Interactivity: Cloud Gate Subtlety: The High Line Community: WaterFire Playfulness: Crown Fountain Minimalism: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Integration: Ft. Worth Water Gardens Divisiveness: Twain More on the topic: An interesting article on how scale contributes to the success, or at least impact, of a piece of public art can be found here. ApartmentTherapy took a great look at public art, most of a more fleeting, temporary nature, here.
The subreddit r/OldPhotosInRealLife is pretty much the closest thing we have to a time machine. Its 596k members are constantly comparing past and present through rephotography — the act of taking a photo of a place that has already been photographed before. The end result is like a portal, fusing together two different periods.
The 70th anniversary of the completion of the South Dakota monument prompts a look back at what it took to create it
Profile View of Mount Rushmore National Monument
Living in Geologic Time: How long will it take for erosion to erase Mount Rushmore?
You can make a couple packed day trips out of exploring the Black Hills of South Dakota, including Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park, & more!
Take the road less traveled with these under the radar trips.
This list of the best easy hikes at Mount Rushmore includes short and fun trails for every age and ability -- written by a former park ranger!
On Presidents' Day weekend, we look back at the sculpting of an American icon.
Badlands, granite spires and pine-covered hills rise from the prairie on the state's western edge. There, you'll find trails to explore and pieces of history around the bends of twisting roads.
Mount Rushmore was established on Mar. 3, 1925
Explore nyusc's 304 photos on Flickr!
The Black Hills of South Dakota are a sculptor's dream. Jagged granite rock faces have been waiting for centuries to be molded and manipulated to works of
Work ceased on the monument on Oct. 31, 1941. Here, see what it looked like in the 14 years during which it was being built.
Art.com | We Are Art We exist so you can have the art you love. Art.com gives you easy access to incredible art images and top-notch craftsmanship. High-Quality Framed Art Prints Our high-end framed wall art is printed on premium paper using non-toxic, archival inks that protect against UV light to resist fading. Experience unmatched quality and style as you choose from a wide range of designs to enhance your room décor. Professionally Crafted Framed Wall Art Attention to detail is at the heart of our process, as we exclusively use 100% solid wood frames that include 4-ply white core matboard and durable, frame-grade clear acrylic for clarity, long-lasting protection of the artwork and unrivaled quality. With a thoughtfully selected frame and mat combination, this piece is designed to complement your art and create a visually appealing display. Easy-to-Hang & Ready-to-Display Artwork Each framed art piece comes with hanging hardware affixed to the back of the frame, allowing for easy and convenient installation. Ready to display right out of the box. Handcrafted in the USA. Travel Art Art is the best way of seeing the world when travel isn’t possible. Explore our curation of travel art for a trip around the globe. See from tourist favorites landmarks–the Eiffel tower– to hidden gems like the breathtaking landscapes of Yosemite National Park. Whether you find a cozy reminder of home, your dream destinations, or even cool maps of the world, our handcrafted frames will give it the perfect finishing touch. The Print This art print displays sharp, vivid images with a high degree of color accuracy. A member of the versatile family of art prints, this high-quality reproduction represents the best of both worlds: quality and affordability. Art prints are created using a digital or offset lithography press. Paper Type: Art Print Finished Size: 12" x 18" Arrives by Fri, May 3 Product ID: 53767087932A
Ever wonder where or how each state in the USA got its name? This article will briefly discuss state name roots and etymologies.
Visiting a country’s monuments is a fascinating way to get an insight into its history and heritage. In fact, some U.S. monuments are among the most famous in the world. You can find national monuments across the United States, but some of the best-known are in Washington, D.C. Presidential Monuments Two of the ...
On Memorial Day journey to America’s greatest national memorials and monuments. See the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, the 9/11 Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial and other landmarks that preserve the memory of America's most important moments and leaders.
Explore a piece of American history at Mount Rushmore National Memorial with this list of activities you can't miss -- written by a former park ranger!
Mount Rushmore was established on Mar. 3, 1925
