By plane
By plane
The closest commercial airport to Mount Rushmore is Rapid City Regional Airport (http://www.rcgov.org/Airp...). South Dakota State Route 16 links Rapid City with Mount Rushmore.
By road
By road
Travelers on I-90 should exit at Rapid City and follow Highway 16 southwest to Keystone and then Highway 244 to Mount Rushmore. Travelers coming from the south should follow Highway 385 north to Highway 244, which is the road leading to the National Memorial.