At this point we have only been to Mt. Rushmore during the day. We want to go to the nightly lighting presentation, but the weather's not cooperating.
We drove over to Mt. Rushmore via the Custer State park entrance which took us through more tunnels and a lot of great views, but lots of switchbacks and climbs and descents on narrow roads. However, this path gave us different views of Mt. Rushmore Monument from very far away and even just as you come out of a tunnel. On Flickr, I put some of those views from the drive over.
The monument park was busy, but well organized. They had workers mixing the cars into the lanes to keep the cars moving and into the parking lot. Now they have a 6 section parking deck with a guy telling you where to go. He took one look at my truck and routed me to the top of the parking garage. They remade the support building since we were there in 1993. In 1994 they added a new amphitheater, and in 1998 they added a 3 story building that overlooked the amphitheater to contain a museum, 2 movie theaters, and restrooms. At the entrance they added 3 food places with one being an outdoor cafe. It's promoted as a place to eat and watch the lighting at night. It's all very well done.
None of your National Park passes are good here. They change $11 for parking and admission is free. The parking pass is good until the end of the year.
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