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Overview
About Historic View Terrace
Why stop
- An original viewpoint set slightly away from the busier main terrace.
Map
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Before you go
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Mount Rushmore Tour Guide
Your drive to Historic View Terrace, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Mount Rushmore National Memorial. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this place
Grand View Terrace and the Visitor Complex0:00 / 0:34
“You're approaching the memorial visitor complex and the walk to Grand View Terrace. For the classic photo of all four faces, keep some granite below the portraits in frame to show their scale.”
Plays as you drive up to Historic View Terrace in the Parkwolf Mount Rushmore Tour Guide.
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- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“We recently toured Badlands, Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore and more! We learned so much from this app as we toured each of these sites. The audio tours are worth the money.”
Guide
More about Historic View Terrace
An original place to view Mount RushmoreHistoric View Terrace is one of Mount Rushmore's original viewing areas, along the Avenue of…
Historic View Terrace is one of Mount Rushmore's original viewing areas, along the Avenue of Flags and slightly apart from the busier Grand View Terrace. It gives you another place to stop for the four carved faces. Walk over as you make your way along the flag-lined approach.
An older road under the avenueThe Avenue of Flags follows a road visitors once drove through the memorial.
The Avenue of Flags follows a road visitors once drove through the memorial. Today, the terrace is part of the pedestrian approach to the sculpture.
Fifty-six flags for the BicentennialThe flag avenue was created for the United States Bicentennial in 1976 after a visitor…
The flag avenue was created for the United States Bicentennial in 1976 after a visitor suggested it. Its 56 flags represent the 50 states, the District of Columbia, three territories and two commonwealths; they are arranged alphabetically along the walkway.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Mount Rushmore
87 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
44 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsWhite-tailed DeerMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
14 sightingsTurkey VultureMost seen around 1 PMSighting map
32 sightingsMarmotMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
11 sightingsBrook TroutMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Mount Rushmore. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
