Image sources & licenses
Photo Attributions
Rushmore Travel uses selected photographs made available under open licenses. Each credit below identifies the creator, original source and reuse license.
How images are used
Images may be responsively resized and visually cropped with CSS to fit the site’s layouts. No photographer or source listed here endorses Rushmore Travel. Future partner-supplied photography will be credited when required by its owner.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Photographer
- Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de
- Used on
- Homepage hero, Mount Rushmore destination card, Attractions page and Mount Rushmore visitor guide
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic Main Street, Deadwood
- Photographer
- puroticorico
- Used on
- Homepage destination, business and story cards; Attractions page
- License
- CC BY 2.0
Needles Highway rock formations
- Photographer
- w_lemay
- Used on
- Homepage Custer, magazine and story cards; Attractions page hero and Needles Highway card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
Bison in Custer State Park
- Photographer
- Chad Davis
- Used on
- Homepage featured and story cards; Attractions page
- License
- CC BY 2.0
Spearfish Canyon
- Photographer
- Kacie Jo Marta Nickles
- Used on
- Homepage featured lodging and regional destination cards
- License
- CC BY 3.0
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Downtown Rapid City
- Photographer
- Kevin Gabbert
- Used on
- Homepage Rapid City destination card
- License
- Public domain dedication by the author
1880 Train depot in Hill City
- Photographer
- Runner1928
- Used on
- Homepage Hill City destination card and Attractions page
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
Wind Cave National Park
- Photographer
- John Manard
- Used on
- Attractions page
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
City hero photography
Every city hero below is sourced from Wikimedia Commons under a license that permits commercial reuse. Rushmore Travel uses responsive CSS crops; the underlying photographs are otherwise unaltered.
Falls Park, Sioux Falls
- Photographer
- Richard N Horne
- Used on
- Sioux Falls city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Corn Palace, Mitchell
- Photographer
- Patrick Bolduan
- Used on
- Mitchell city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.5
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Bison on the South Dakota prairie
- Photographer
- Chad Davis
- Used on
- Chamberlain Oacoma city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Central South Dakota prairie near Midland
- Photographer
- Ken Lund
- Used on
- Midland city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
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Murdo at the Pioneer Auto Show
- Photographer
- Ken Lund
- Used on
- Murdo city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Badlands National Park near Interior
- Photographer
- Aurora Wheeler
- Used on
- Interior city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- Unsplash License
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Badlands prairie near Philip
- Photographer
- Aurora Wheeler
- Used on
- Philip city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- Unsplash License
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Badlands National Park near Wall
- Photographer
- Aurora Wheeler
- Used on
- Wall city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- Unsplash License
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
South Dakota prairie near the central Black Hills
- Photographer
- Kevin Gabbert
- Used on
- Box Elder city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- Public domain
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Central Black Hills near Hermosa
- Photographer
- w_lemay
- Used on
- Hermosa city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Northern Black Hills foothills near Piedmont
- Photographer
- Kacie Jo Marta Nickles
- Used on
- Piedmont city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Downtown Rapid City
- Photographer
- Kevin Gabbert
- Used on
- Rapid City city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- Public domain
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Photographer
- Kimon Berlin
- Used on
- Keystone city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
1880 Train depot in Hill City
- Photographer
- Runner1928
- Used on
- Hill City city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Needles Highway rock formations
- Photographer
- w_lemay
- Used on
- Custer city page hero and Destinations directory card; also used as the Destinations page hero
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Wind Cave National Park
- Photographer
- John Manard
- Used on
- Hot Springs city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Motorcycles on Main Street during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
- Photographer
- Cumulus Clouds
- Used on
- Sturgis city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Aerial view of the Homestake Mine, Lead
- Photographer
- August Schwerdfeger
- Used on
- Lead city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Historic Main Street, Deadwood
- Photographer
- puroticorico
- Used on
- Deadwood city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Spearfish Canyon
- Photographer
- Kacie Jo Marta Nickles
- Used on
- Spearfish city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Bison on the western South Dakota plains
- Photographer
- Chad Davis
- Used on
- Belle Fourche city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
Sundance Mountain landscape
- Photographer
- James St. John
- Used on
- Sundance Wyoming city page hero and Destinations directory card
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS; dark overlay added for text readability.
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Experience photography
These attraction and experience photographs were individually verified for commercial reuse. The same creator and license are also shown beside each image where it appears.
Falls Park
- Photographer
- Colin Faulkingham
- License
- Public domain
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Great Plains Zoo
- Photographer
- Jake DeGroot
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
The World’s Only Corn Palace
- Photographer
- Konrad Summers
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village
- Photographer
- Mary Chris Hannon (Mchannon)
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Mount Rushmore
- Photographer
- Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
1880 Train
- Photographer
- Runner1928
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Custer State Park
- Photographer
- Chad Davis
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Needles Highway
- Photographer
- w_lemay
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Wind Cave Region
- Photographer
- John Manard
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Spearfish Canyon
- Photographer
- Kacie Jo Marta Nickles
- License
- CC BY 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Historic Main Street
- Photographer
- Richie Diesterheft (puroticorico)
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Old Courthouse Museum
- Photographer
- w_lemay
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Missouri River Overlooks
- Photographer
- Anne Swoboda
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Pioneer Auto Show
- Photographer
- John Lloyd
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Badlands National Park
- Photographer
- DimiTalen
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Badlands Loop Road
- Photographer
- DimiTalen
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Minuteman Missile NHS
- Photographer
- Eugene Eric Kim (Eekim)
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
The Journey Museum
- Photographer
- Charles G. Haacker
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Reptile Gardens
- Photographer
- Mark Goebel
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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George S. Mickelson Trail
- Photographer
- Gary Chancey, U.S. Forest Service
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Jewel Cave National Monument
- Photographer
- Royalbroil
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
The Mammoth Site
- Photographer
- Jeff the quiet
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Evans Plunge
- Photographer
- Runner1928
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Fort Meade Museum
- Photographer
- Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Bear Butte State Park
- Photographer
- Indianertosset
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
- Photographer
- David Brossard
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Black Hills Mining Museum
- Photographer
- James St. John
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Bridal Veil Falls
- Photographer
- KimonBerlin
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Roughlock Falls
- Photographer
- KLindblom
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Devils Tower
- Photographer
- Ben Stephenson
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Mount Moriah Cemetery
- Photographer
- Larry Koester
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Wall Drug
- Photographer
- BakedintheHole
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
South Dakota State Railroad Museum
- Photographer
- Eric Friedebach
- License
- CC BY 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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Historic Downtown — Hot Springs
- Photographer
- Alexander Daubert
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Geographic Center of the Nation
- Photographer
- Sixweeds
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
Bear Lodge Mountains
- Photographer
- James St. John
- License
- CC BY 2.0
- Changes
- Responsively resized and cropped with CSS.
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