Rapid City Mount Rushmore Scenic Tour

Mount Rushmore Tours is the longest operating local family owned and operated tour company in the Black Hills. Started in 1973 and still under the same owner, we are widely regarded as the local experts in the bus tours for Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills.

Meeting Point

Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Show

2255 Fort Hayes Dr, Rapid City, SD 57702, USA

The tour starts at Fort Hays Chuckwagon with checkin from 7:50-8:00am. Checkin is 45 mins before the bus departure to give you enough time to explore Fort Hays. It is conveniently located on Hwy 16 just south of Rapid City on the road to Mount Rushmore. (Just 12 minutes from downtown Rapid City)

Not included:

• Driver / Guide Gratuity

What to expect:

Duration: 9 hours

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

13000 Hwy 244, Keystone, 57751-4403, South Dakota

The bus departs at 9am and heads for Mount Rushmore! You will have a little over an hour to look around at your own convenience and enjoy the sites and beauty that you came to South Dakota for. We stop here first because Mount Rushmore is at it's best in the morning sun. Gutzon Borglum carved this mountain facing east towards the morning sun and intended it to be viewed this way.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Iron Mountain Road

Custer, South Dakota

After leaving Mount Rushmore we will travel along the Iron Mountain Road. A beautiful 17 mile road of breath taking scenery featuring 3 one lane tunnels that perfectly frame Mount Rushmore.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Custer State Park Resort

13389 US Highway 16a, Custer, 57730-8351, South Dakota

We stop for lunch inside Custer State Park at the Game Lodge and previous summer White House for president Calvin Coolidge. Try the Buffalo Stew, it's the best you will ever find!

1 hour

South Dakota 87

57730, South Dakota

After lunch we depart for the Needles Hwy. This 14 mile scenic drive is sure to leave you breathless and awe struck at amazing beauty of the Black Hills. Sit back and enjoy the ride and watch the crowd gather around when we drive the bus through the Needles Eye Tunnel. With only inches to spare on each side of the bus you can relish in the fact that you are not the one driving.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Sylvan Lake

Custer, 57730, South Dakota

Take a rest stop and coffee break at the beautiful Sylvan Lake. This is among the crown jewels of Custer State Park and the beauty within it.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Crazy Horse Memorial

12151 Avenue of the Chiefs, Crazy Horse, 57730-8900, South Dakota

We spend about an hour at Crazy Horse Memorial. You are on your own to spend this time enjoying this piece of history in the making. Upon completion it will be the largest mountain carving in the world! Truly a piece of awe inspiring history being worked on every day.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included