One great way to see it: On the first full weekend in June, hikers are invited on the Volksmarch, a 6.2-mile trek that ends with a walk up the monument and down Crazy Horse’s in-progress outstretched arm. ![]() ![]() After 70 years work is still underway, but that doesn’t stop over a million people from visiting the ongoing project every year. An argument led to his departure and, ultimately, his own monument: Crazy Horse.įeaturing the Oglala Lakota leader, the statue will be 563 feet tall, the tallest sculpture in the world once it’s completed. Korczak Ziolkowski, its creator, also worked on Rushmore…but only for 19 days. Located between Custer and Hill City and about 17 miles from Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial - another dynamite-blasted, intricately-carved Black Hills behemoth - has been under construction since 1948. ![]() MOUNT RUSHMORE ISN’T THE ONLY Face CARVED IN STONE.
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