Mount Rushmore Tours for People with Disabilities

Author: Rich Watkins
Published: 2014/12/12 - Updated: 2024/10/12
Publication Type: Informative
Category Topic: Disability Travel America - Academic Publications

Page Content: Synopsis - Introduction - Main

Synopsis: Black Hills Open-top-tours based out of Rapid City, SD, now offers year round Mount Rushmore sightseeing service for those with disabilities. When you join an Open Top Tour, you enter a story taking you back in history to the origins of the Hills, ​the people that lived here and of some of the most extraordinary landscapes on the planet.

Introduction

Using unique convertible top vans and minivan Black Hills Open-Top-Tours can tour with up to three wheelchairs or scooters at a time.

Main Content

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents:

Black Hills Open-Top-Tours offer many destinations and tour packages including:

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Black Hills open-top tour van.
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Same prices as their standard tours; they provide smaller personalized touring without ever being hurried.

Their drivers and guides are experienced, fun, and knowledgeable.

Tours include

TripAdvisor 97% Rating - Ranked #2 of 30 Activities - Certificate of Excellence 2014

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APA: Rich Watkins. (2014, December 12 - Last revised: 2024, October 12). Mount Rushmore Tours for People with Disabilities. Disabled World (DW). Retrieved November 3, 2025 from www.disabled-world.com/travel/usa/mount-rushmore.php

MLA: Rich Watkins. "Mount Rushmore Tours for People with Disabilities." Disabled World (DW), 12 Dec. 2014, revised 12 Oct. 2024. Web. 3 Nov. 2025. <www.disabled-world.com/travel/usa/mount-rushmore.php>.

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