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 ...

A wide range of mammals also live in Great Sand Dunes, including American pika, kangaroo rats, bighorn sheep, mountain lions, black bears, elk and Abert’s squirrels, which the park says are ...

The public can comment on the park’s website or mail their input to the Great Sand Dunes Visitor Center, Attn: Transportation and Transit Planning, 11999 State Highway 150, Mosca, CO 81146.

Great Sand Dunes National Park is also a wonderful place for stargazing, thanks to its quiet and remote locale (and the ability to visit the park at all hours), and activities like backpacking ...

From Colorado Springs, Great Sand Dunes National Park is about 2.5 hours by car. Most of this drive is on Interstate I-25, so that does make the trip go by faster.

DENVER (KDVR) — Too many people are visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park for its current infrastructure to keep up, according to park staff, who want the public to weigh in on a plan to ...

As you near Great Sand Dunes National Park you’ll see at least one long line – the line for sandboard and sand sled rentals at Great Sand Dunes Oasis just outside of the park. You can rent a ...

As of Thursday, Medano Creek near the parking lot of the dunes trailhead was less than one inch deep. It's flowing in thin braids that range from 1 to 6 feet wide. Typically, the creek peaks right ...

I’m standing at the crest of a dune in a sea of gold, buried to my ankles in sand while gazing at the snowcapped fourteeners of the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the distance. It’s a bizarre ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park is growing. About 9,362 acres of land in the neighboring Medano-Zapata Ranch has been transferred to the park, the U.S. Department of the Interior said Thursday.

MOSCA, CO - JUNE 20: Hikers Tara Eisenhour, in front, and Jim Smith, in back, make their way towards the top of the dunes at the Great Sand Dunes on June 20, 2019 in Mosca, Colorado.