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Mt Rushmore was worth seeing (even for a Brit!) and the Badlands were amazing. (But I hate Vegas and wouldn't give the walkway thingie over the GC the time of day). Report Abuse Absolutely worth seeing - as is all the Black Hills area and the Badlands too (Mt. Rushmore is not in the Badlands, FYI). Learn about the local area and the time/energy that went into the monument. Discover why the the area is sacred to Native Americans.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 5,725-foot mountain in 1927, at the age of 60. Creation of the Shrine of Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million. Rushmore's granite faces tower 5,500 feet above sea level. The carvings on Mount Rushmore are scaled to men who would stand 465 feet tall. Each head on Mt. Rushmore is as tall as a six-story building. More that 800 million pounds of stone were removed from Mount Rushmore while carving the presidents.