The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Danish-American Gutzon Borglum and his son, Lincoln Borglum, 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).[1] The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2)[2] and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
Devil’s Tower towers nearly 1300 feet (1267 to be exact) over the surrounding terrain in Eastern Wyoming. The park contains 1347 acres and is a combination of woodlands and prairies. You’ll find a plethora of animals, including the ever so cute Prairie Dog. Devil’s Tower became the first National Monumnent when it was designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.The park area is considered sacred to nearby American Indians, and it is a placefor prayer and renewal.
Badlands National Park consists of nearly 243,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest, protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. Established as Badlands National Monument in 1939, the area was redesignated as a “National Park” in 1978. Over 11,000 years of human history pale to the ages old Paleontological resources. Badlands National Park contains the world’s richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35 million years old.
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