27: Exploring Mount Rushmore (and fun facts!)

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Let’s explore Mount Rushmore! In this episode of Exploring the National Parks, we are focusing on the iconic and historic Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. We’re sharing some fun facts about Mount Rushmore and the different things you can do there beyond just parking, seeing the mountain, and leaving. Join us as we dive into this amazing, historical location! Join us as we cover: The goblin-like name of the sculptor of Mount Rushmore The difference between the completed sculpture and the original design The size of the heads of the presidents Why this site was constructed How this mountain got its name What the creator was famous for before doing Mount Rushmore Why they chose the people they did for this mountain Fun things to do at Mount Rushmore There you have it! Mount Rushmore is such an amazing historical site and there is more to do here than just looking at the mountain. We hope you found this episode helpful and that you are excited to plan your next trip to Mount Rushmore. If you want to check out the new itinerary for Mount Rushmore and the other South Dakota parks, head over to Dirtinmyshoes.com. Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	While I'm sitting in my office trying to help all of you plan trips and make YouTube videos and write articles and stuff, John is looking up goblin names in Harry Potter.
0:11.3	So there you go.
0:14.6	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:19.5	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:23.8	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park
0:28.5	trip planning easy.
0:30.0	And I'm John.
0:31.0	I carry the kids on the trails.
0:32.8	I tell stories and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much like trees.
0:42.3	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks. We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:46.3	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:49.3	Let's start exploring.
0:55.8	I feel like pretty much the only thing people know about South Dakota is that it has Mount Rushmore.
1:01.4	Yeah.
1:02.0	Do we even know where South Dakota is? Do we know what else there is to do? Pretty much not.
1:08.2	Yeah.
1:08.7	But everybody knows that Mount Rushmore is there yeah absolutely that is
1:12.9	its major claim to fame for sure there's a lot more to do which we'll talk about in other episodes
1:19.1	but today we are focusing on the iconic and historic Mount Rushmore yes I'm so excited this is such This is such a good place. I love visiting this place. It's actually one of our sons, out of all the national parks in the country, it's one of our son's most favorite place to visit. The only reason being that they have ice cream. That's all he remembers. I'm like, we get ice cream at pretty much any national park that we go to that has
1:45.8	ice cream. So for some reason, this one really stands out to him. Right. Well, this one has historic
1:51.6	ice cream. So it's very special. We probably make a much bigger deal about this ice cream than any other
1:57.3	ice cream. Well, who doesn't love ice cream? Yeah, so today we're talking all about
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