What’s the best route from Yellowstone to Mt. Rushmore?
My sister and I are on a mission to visit every national park in the country. We’ll be visiting Yellowstone soon, and then we want to hit up Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. What’s the best way to get there?
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
What a great trip! The best route from Yellowstone to Mt. Rushmore is 467 miles and will take you about nine hours to drive. The trek will lead you across the width of northern
before landing you in the Black Hills National Forest where Mt. Rushmore is located.
The trip across Wyoming will offer plenty of gorgeous scenery, but you’ll also have some long stretches of flat grasslands as you drive through the Great Plains. Before you jump on the road, though, you’ll want to be sure you have the right
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