Rushmore Cave
Rushmore Cave is the closest show cave to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the United States. It contains a wide variety of natural formations. It is the ninth longest cave in South Dakota.Photo: Joe Chill 2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Bismuth
Locality
Bismuth is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Custer County, South Dakota, United States. Bismuth is situated 6 km southwest of Rushmore Cave.
Etta
Locality
Etta, also known as Etta Camp and Etta Mine, is a ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. Etta is situated 7 km west of Rushmore Cave.
Rushmore Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: southeast of the mountain
- Categories: show cave, tourism, tourist attraction and landform
- Location: Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.87381° or 43° 52' 26" northLongitude
-103.33181° or 103° 19' 55" westOpen Location Code
85MRVMF9+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5661214838OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q14709782Rushmore Cave Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: كهف راشمور
- Egyptian Arabic: كهف رشمور
Landmarks in the Area
- Hayward Volunteer Fire DepartmentFire station, 1½ km east
- Tiger Lode MineQuarry, 2½ km northwest
- Wood Tin MineQuarry, 2½ km west
- Maderposson MineQuarry, 3 km west
- Ponca Group MineQuarry, 3½ km west
Places in the Area
- Hippie Hole ParkingParking lot, 3½ km northwest
- Central SchoolSchool, 4½ km south
- Spokane Creek Cabins & CampgroundCampsite, 6 km southwest
- Lakota DamDam, 6 km southwest
- Lakota Lake6 km southwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Rushmore Cave. Photo: Joe Chill 2, CC BY-SA 3.0.