Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park was officially established in 2004. "It just took a while for us to kind of get our turn for Land and Water Conservation funds," Rice said.

9. See some stars: Away from big cities and any light pollution, stargazing is spectacular in Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, and since the park is open 24 hours a day, it’s easy to ...

Visitors can ski and use snowboards at Colorado's sand dunes. Oct. 14, 2007 — -- The vacation spot known as Great Sand Dunes National Park, in southern Colorado, boasts the tallest sand dunes ...

This isn’t the Sahara or Gobi Desert.. This is Colorado. Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our ...

The diverse landscape of Great Sand Dunes National Park features 700-foot-tall mounds of sand, grasslands, alpine peaks, and a creek to splash in. It's our 62 Parks Traveler's 19th stop on her ...

How to Plan a Backpacking Trip in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Great Sand Dunes National Park is tucked up against the western ramparts of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range in ...

The sand dunes here are, rather shockingly, the tallest in all of North America. In this 30-square-mile dune field, five tower at more than 700 feet; the tallest, Star Dune, is 750 feet tall.

One of the park's most unique features is its sand dunes, which are some of the most well-preserved in the Lake Erie region.

A hiker at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Mosca, Colorado. We’ve been going to Colorado for decades. But always to the same family-connected places: Estes Park, Rocky ...