1723 miles by GPS
About 25 driving miles.
No, the closest town to Mount Rushmore is Keystone, SD.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City
Rapid City Regional Airport is located 35 miles from Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Highway 44.
If you're referring to Mount Rushmore, it's just outside Rapid City, South Dakota
The sculptures on Mount Rushmore were designed by Gutzon Borglum. Mount Rushmore is named for a New York City attorney who was in the Black Hills in 1885 checking titles to properties. One day, while riding past the mountain, Rushmore asked guide William W. Challis what the name of the mountain was. Challis jokingly replied that the mountain did not have a name, but that it did now, that they would call it "Rushmore". The United States Board of Geographic Names officially recognized the name "Mount Rushmore" in June 1930. Mount Rushmore was originally known to the Lakota Sioux as "Six Grandfathers".
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the US state of South Dakota.
710 miles
Mt. Rushmore is located near Keystone, South Dakota.Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located 23 miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota in the Black Hills.Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
The driving distance from Salt Lake City, Utah to Mount Rushmore is 638 miles via I-80 E per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 9 hours and 43 minutes.
Mount Rushmore is named after a New York City Attorney. Charles E. Rushmore was sent out to this area in 1884 to check legal titles on properties. On his way back to Pine Camp he asked Bill Challis the name of this mountain. Bill replied, "Never had a name but from now on we'll call it Rushmore."