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Overview
About Mount Rushmore Gift Shop
Why stop
- The Local section and Black Hills Gold give the souvenirs a regional angle.
Mount Rushmore Gift Shop is the memorial's main standalone souvenir store, separate from the smaller bookstores in the Visitor Center, Sculptor's Studio, and Information Center. The wide selection includes a dedicated Local section for work by area artists and vendors. If you want something with a regional connection, start there.
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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 Mount Rushmore Gift Shop, 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.
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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 Mount Rushmore Gift Shop 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.”
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More about Mount Rushmore Gift Shop
Regional goods and snacksLocal and regional gourmet items share the store with gifts and Black Hills Gold jewelry.
Local and regional gourmet items share the store with gifts and Black Hills Gold jewelry. The shelves also carry snacks and general supplies, with seating for a short break. Treat it as a browse-and-snack stop rather than a place for a full meal.
Made from the Black HillsA 2017 remodel brought wood from mountain-pine-beetle-killed trees into much of the shop's wall…
A 2017 remodel brought wood from mountain-pine-beetle-killed trees into much of the shop's wall finish and furniture. The central trellis uses more than a ton of Black Hills ponderosa pine from trees killed by the beetle. The woodwork gives the shop a small piece of the surrounding forest's story.
Useful to knowGift Shop cashiers accept the memorial parking payment, so you can settle it here.
Gift Shop cashiers accept the memorial parking payment, so you can settle it here. The shop is wheelchair accessible. For a meal, use Carvers' Café separately; this is the quick snack stop.
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.
