Mount Rushmore (mountain)

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granite mountain tourist attraction

Mount Rushmore is a granite mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota best known for bearing the colossal carved faces of four U.S. presidents.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Mount Rushmore	5

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	granite mountain ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
climate	continental climate ⓘ
constructionEnd	1941 ⓘ
constructionStart	1927 ⓘ
controversy	disputed land claims by Lakota Sioux ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	symbol of American presidential leadership ⓘ
elevation	about 1,745 meters ⓘ about 5,725 feet ⓘ
feature	Avenue of Flags NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand View Terrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Presidential Trail walkway NERFINISHED ⓘ
geology	granite batholith ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasDepiction	Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Mount Rushmore National Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
knownFor	colossal carved faces of four U.S. presidents ⓘ
lightingCeremony	nightly during peak season ⓘ
locatedIn	Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennington County, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mapFeature	prominent cliff face ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
mountainRange	Black Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Charles E. Rushmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity	Keystone, South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ
NRHPListingYear	1966 ⓘ
originalInhabitants	Lakota Sioux NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownership	federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Mount Rushmore National Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedAreaDesignation	national memorial ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
sculptor	Gutzon Borglum NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Borglum NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismActivity	hiking nearby trails ⓘ photography ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
visitorCount	over two million visitors per year ⓘ
yearDesignatedNationalMemorial	1925 ⓘ