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Pennington County

Mount Rushmore – View of Mount Rushmore loop from Horse Thief Lake

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United States

South Dakota

Pennington County

Mount Rushmore – View of Mount Rushmore loop from Horse Thief Lake

Hard

3.0

(21)

hikers

Mount Rushmore – View of Mount Rushmore loop from Horse Thief Lake

06:23

21.8km

620m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Black Elk Wilderness

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Black Hills National Forest

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Parking

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6.43 km

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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6.60 km

Memorial Team Ice Cream

Highlight • Cafe

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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7.04 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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7.13 km

View of George Washington on Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Views are always fun for photography.

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7.54 km

View of Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Highlight • Viewpoint

The old Presidential Heads Viewpoint is less crowded than Memorial Avenue and offers the nicer view in our opinion, especially since it's much greener.

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7.70 km

View of Mount Rushmore

Highlight • Monument

Absolute tourist place, but ok, you know it beforehand and the monuments are definitely impressive.

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10.4 km

Black Elk Wilderness

Highlight • Natural Monument

From this stretch, the view into the Black Elk Wilderness opens up, revealing rugged granite spires rising above the dense pine forest. The distant ridgelines and high-country terrain are a …

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21.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.3 km

2.13 km

430 m

Surfaces

12.4 km

4.65 km

2.52 km

1.45 km

504 m

283 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,730 m)

Lowest point (1,490 m)

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Today

Sunday 30 August

28°C

14°C

13 %

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Mount Rushmore – View of Mount Rushmore loop from Horse Thief Lake

Mount Rushmore

Memorial Team Ice Cream

Mount Rushmore

View of George Washington on Mount Rushmore

View of Mount Rushmore National Memorial

View of Mount Rushmore

Black Elk Wilderness

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