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Parts of the byway enter Black Hills National Forest, Custer State Park, and the Mount Rushmore National Memorial; the byway also travels within five miles (eight point zero kilometres) of the Crazy Horse Memorial. The byway is named after Peter Norbeck, who served as governor of and senator for South Dakota.
Mount Rushmore seen from a tunnel on US 16A. The route passes through Keystone, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the Norbeck Wildlife Management Area and Black Elk Wilderness within Black Hills National Forest, and Custer State Park (including State Game Lodge and Legion Lake), before rejoining the parent highway.
SD 244 east / Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway – Mount Rushmore: Hill City: 40.51: 65.19: US 16 Truck east / US 385 Truck north: 41.06: 66.08: US 16 Truck west / US 385 Truck south: West Pennington: 45.00: 72.42: US 385 north – Deadwood, Lead: Eastern end of US 385 concurrency, also known as Three Forks: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore ...
US 16A east – Visitor Center, State Game Lodge, Mount Rushmore: Northern end of US 16A concurrency: Needles Highway South Entrance Custer State Park fees required: 25.1: 40.4: Northbound road closure gate (closed winters) 31.6: 50.9: Southbound road closure gate (closed winters) 31.8: 51.2: Sylvan Lake Entrance Custer State Park fees required ...
There are so many things to do in Mount Rushmore and the surrounding area that you could easily spend a week here. Read on to find out where to go, what to do, and how to plan the perfect road ...
US 16 west (Mt. Rushmore Road) – Jewel Cave Natl. Monument: South end of US 16 concurrency: 27.7: 44.6: US 16 east / US 385 north (North 5th Street) / US 16A begins: North end of US 16 and US 385 concurrencies; western terminus of US 16A; south end of US 16A concurrency: 28.4: 45.7: US 16A east – Custer State Park Stockade Lake Entrance ...
The Needles were the original site proposed for the Mount Rushmore carvings. The location was rejected by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum owing to the poor quality of the granite and the fact that they were too thin to support the sculptures. The Needles attract approximately 300,000 people annually.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...