Mount Rushmore, SD

5/1/2015

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore (Lakota Sioux name: Six Grandfathers) near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826),Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (2.00 sq mi; 5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
Lots of sites seen today.  Stopped at Keystone at a small camping ground for the night. Heading North tomorrow.























Location: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Black Hills National Forest, 13000 S Dakota 244, Keystone, SD 57751

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