<P> Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore , a batholith in the Black Hills in Keystone , South Dakota , United States . Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture 's design and oversaw the project 's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son , Lincoln Borglum , being Luigi Del Bianco , from Friuli in Italy , chief stone carver . Mount Rushmore features 60 - foot ( 18 m ) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents : George Washington ( 1732 -- 1799 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1743 -- 1826 ) , Theodore Roosevelt ( 1858 -- 1919 ) , and Abraham Lincoln ( 1809 -- 1865 ) . The memorial park covers 1,278.45 acres ( 2.00 sq mi ; 5.17 km ) and is 5,725 feet ( 1,745 m ) above sea level . </P>
<P> Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore , a batholith in the Black Hills in Keystone , South Dakota , United States . Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture 's design and oversaw the project 's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son , Lincoln Borglum , being Luigi Del Bianco , from Friuli in Italy , chief stone carver . Mount Rushmore features 60 - foot ( 18 m ) sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents : George Washington ( 1732 -- 1799 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1743 -- 1826 ) , Theodore Roosevelt ( 1858 -- 1919 ) , and Abraham Lincoln ( 1809 -- 1865 ) . The memorial park covers 1,278.45 acres ( 2.00 sq mi ; 5.17 km ) and is 5,725 feet ( 1,745 m ) above sea level . </P>
where is mt rushmore located in south dakota
where is mt rushmore located in south dakota
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