Mount Rushmore GPS Tour Guide

Welcome to the self-guided, narrated, and fully offline driving tour of Mount Rushmore National Memorial!

Featuring riveting stories, a phenomenal narrator, and easy automatic audio, this app puts exploration in the palm of your hand!

Mount Rushmore:
See Mount Rushmore in a whole new way—both literally and figuratively! Seeing this incredible monument in person is nothing like the photographs, so get ready to be blown away. And to make your viewing even better, this tour leads you around the whole memorial site, featuring tons of different angles on these iconic faces.

Plus, as you walk, you’ll learn everything there is to know about the story behind this memorial, including some things most folks never discover! Get to know the complicated sculptor behind it all, see a model of his original vision for the mountain, and find out why he wasn’t quite able to make good on his grand designs. Plus, get insight into the Lakota history of this mountain and the controversy that surrounds the monument to this day.

Two million people visit Mount Rushmore every year. But you don’t just want to snap a picture or two and then leave, do you? Turn your trip into a rich historical expedition with this easy, totally flexible audio tour and make the most of your visit!

▶TOUR STORIES:
■ Welcome to Mount Rushmore Memorial Tour Guide
■ Gutzon Borglum
■ Avenue of Flags
■ Why These Four Faces?
■ Launching the Project
■ How Did They Carve It?
■ Trouble Brewing
■ The Hall of Records
■ Sculptor’s Studio
■ Presidential Trail
■ The Six Grandfathers
■ Ongoing Controversy
■ North by Northwest
■ Preservation
■ Adding New Faces?

▶HOW IT WORKS:
■As you travel, audio stories play automatically based on your location. Simply go to the starting point of the tour and begin following the given route. Each story begins playing on its own, usually just before you reach a point of interest.

▶TOUR FEATURES:
■Freedom of travel
No scheduled tour times, no crowded buses, and no rush to keep moving past stops that interest you. You have total freedom to skip ahead, linger, and take as many photos as you’d like.

■ Automatic play
No muss, no fuss. Just follow the app’s built-in route to all the must-visit spots — the audio stories about everything you see will play automatically!

■ Works offline
Download the tour in advance and then use it seamlessly, even in areas with no service!

■ Lifetime purchase
No monthly subscription. No time limits. No usage limits. Enjoy this tour as many times as you like.

■Incredible stories
Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and secrets of this famous site with the help of a top-tier narrator and fascinating stories written by experts.

■ Award-winning app
Featured on Thrillist and WBZ, this easy-to-use app won the Laurel Award for Technology from the Newport Mansions, who use the app for over a million tours per year.

▶FREE DEMO vs FULL ACCESS:
Check out the totally free demo to get an idea of what this tour is all about. If you like it, purchase the tour to get full access to all of the stories.

▶IMPORTANT NOTES:
■Download the tour ahead of time over data or WiFi for full offline use.
Be sure your phone battery is fully charged or take an external battery pack. Continued use of the GPS can drain your battery.

■Allow the tour to access location services and GPS tracking features to play stories automatically during the tour.


▶NEARBY TOURS:
■ Badlands National Park
Make your trip a two-for-one by paying a visit to this strange, majestic landscape. Hear about the prehistoric beasts which once roamed this land, watch a sunset like no other, and even catch a glimpse of the local bison!