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Mount Rushmore

Elevation
1,725 m
#10,336
in the world
#2,861
in United States

Mount Rushmore is a mountain in United States, rising to 1,725 m, the 2,861st highest in United States, part of the Black Hills.

Elevation
1,725 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
World rank
#10,336
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore lies in United States, in South Dakota.

Key facts

Elevation
1,725 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Range
Black Hills
Region
South Dakota
Coordinates
43.880, -103.459

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#2,861of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Black Hills
#6of 8
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,336of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Iron Mountain1,660 m3.2 km
Black Elk Peak2,204 m5.8 km
Bear Mountain2,185 m23 km
Cicero Peak1,880 m24 km
Odakota Mountain2,196 m24 km
Terry Peak2,150 m58 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Rushmore.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
Rapid CityUnited States73,56929 km
GilletteUnited States32,649170 km
CasperUnited States60,285257 km
SheridanUnited States17,873297 km
CheyenneUnited States65,132325 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.