South Dakota Gazetteer
Mount Rushmore is a physical feature (summit) in Pennington County. The primary coordinates for Mount Rushmore places it within the SD 57751 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mount Rushmore |
| Category: | South Dakota physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| History: | "Named for Charles E. Rushmore, a New York attorney who came to South Dakota in 1894. The Lakota name Igmu Tanka Paha means ""cougar mountain"", while Tunkasila Sakpe Paha means ""six-grandfathers mountain"" because of the summit's six prominent outcrops." |
| County: | Pennington County |
| Latitude: | 43.8800573 |
| Longitude: | -103.4592424 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mount Rushmore: Mount Rushmore.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mount Rushmore does not include property ownership information.
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