A new mobile application called Mount Rushmore Virtual Tour allows people to explore the famous mountain carving and park grounds without leaving the comfort of their home.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) --- Witnessing the beauty and wonder of Mount Rushmore National Monument in western South Dakota is now as easy as clicking a mouse.

Mount Rushmore has one of the strictest regulations yet as tour flights will essentially be banned from getting within a half mile of the site starting in April.

This new plan will restrict commercial air tours over the park to maintain a distance of one-half mile of the boundary of Mount Rushmore.

A federal circuit court has upheld a recent prohibition on helicopter tours over Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Badlands National Park in South Dakota, rejecting motions from aircraft ...

Mount Rushmore has one of the strictest regulations yet as tour flights will essentially be banned from getting within a half mile of the site starting in April.

Mount Rushmore has one of the strictest regulations yet as tour flights will essentially be banned from getting within a half mile of the site starting in April.

Mount Rushmore has one of the strictest regulations yet as tour flights will essentially be banned from getting within a half mile of the site starting in April.