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Mount Rushmore with four large granite faces. 1
A herd of cattle grazing in a grassy field with trees in the background. 2
A mountain range with a prominent peak, surrounded by dense forest. 3
A mountainous landscape with dense pine forests and distant hills. 4
A walkway with flags, people, and a mountain in the background. 5

Mount Rushmore Discovery Tour

By Black Hills Day Trips
Free cancellation available
Price is €242 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
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  • Instant confirmation

Overview

You visit Mount Rushmore, one of our nation's national treasures, and Custer State Park, one of our nation's largest and most diverse state parks. This is the perfect tour for families looking to combine sightseeing with a history of the area. You'll be provided with the history of the Black Hills in the context of the western expansion across North America. Custer State Park is home to an abundance of wildlife and a free roaming 1,500 herd of bison. You'll also be provided with the historical background for how the faces of four important founding fathers came to be carved on Mount Rushmore.

Activity location

  • Custer State Park Visitor Center
    • US Hwy 16A and Wildlife Loop Road
    • Custer, South Dakota, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Rapid City Downtown Convention Center
    • 505 North 5th Street
    • 57701, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Mount Rushmore Discovery Tour

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 08:30
Price details
€241.89 x 1 Adult€241.89
Total
Price is €241.89

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Binoculars for viewing buffalo
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Rain Umbrella's
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water and light snacks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch is on your own. We stop at the Legion Lake diner at 12:00 noon for lunch.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Black Hills National Forest (Pass by)

The entire day trip is within the Black Hills National Forest that covers an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide, a 1.25-million-acre forest! You spend about 2 hours driving time that is interspersed between the sites you visit as outlined below. Along the way, you take in the beauty of the Black Hills that encompasses rugged rock formations, canyons, gulches, open grassland, and mountain lakes, including learning about the rich history of the area, including Custer's expedition to the area in 1874.

Custer State Park Visitor Center

  • 1h
You will stop here for a short break to stretch the legs, watch a film on the history of Custer State Park, then head out to find the buffalo and other wildlife on the Wildlife Loop Road.

Custer State Park

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Next stop is Custer State Park, a 72,000 acre state park and wildlife refuge. The park is home to a herd of 1,500 bison and a variety of other wildlife that roam free over the varied terrain that includes rolling prairie grasslands and rugged mountains.

Heddy Draw Overlook

  • 10m
This is an overlook of one of the more beautiful overlooks in Custer State Park. The Mount Coolidge Fire Lookout Tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corp's in the late 1930's is in view.

Legion Lake

  • 1h
You stop for about an hour at the Legion Lake Restaurant for lunch. There is a sit down restaurant, a snack bar, and a coffee shop to choose from. Eat inside or enjoy a short stroll around the lake.

Iron Mountain Road

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
You drive the Iron Mountain Road, one of the most scenic and beautiful drives in the Black Hills! It winds through the countryside, traversing through three tunnels, navigating up and down switch-backs and pig-tail-bridges with views of Mount Rushmore along the way. The summit, also called the Peter Norbeck Scenic Overlook, provides a wonderful view of Mount Rushmore about a mile away. A breathtaking view! You can also see Black Elk Peak, the highest point in South Dakota at 7,200 feet above sea level. It is also the highest peak east of the Rockies.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

  • 1h 15m
  • Admission ticket included
The last stop is Mount Rushmore National Memorial where the rich history of the United States is told through the lives of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham enshrined on Mount Rushmore. Through their lives we learn about the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country. The memorial is surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills.

Keystone (Pass by)

You drive through this little historic mining town before heading back to the pickup locations at the Heartland RV & Campground and Rapid City.

Rapid City

  • 1m
The tour ends back in Rapid City at your pickup locations.

Location

Activity location

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    Custer State Park Visitor Center
    • US Hwy 16A and Wildlife Loop Road
    • Custer, South Dakota, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    DoubleTree by Hilton Rapid City Downtown Convention Center
    • 505 North 5th Street
    • 57701, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
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    Best Western Ramkota Hotel
    • 2111 North Lacrosse Street
    • 57701, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
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    Heartland RV Resort & Cabins
    • 24743 South Dakota 79
    • 57744, Hermosa, South Dakota, United States

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