Great Sand Dunes may be off the beaten path, but it’s an easy overnight trip from Santa Fe, the Colorado ski towns, or even the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

Flash flooding has closed Medano Pass Primitive Road at Great Sand Dunes National Park due to thunderstorm damage.

See the stars Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve is otherworldly enough by day. By night, it’s as if we’ve indeed traveled to another planet, entered into the stars that now seem so close.