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.

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 ...

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 ...

Amid the quiet of Colorado's Great Sand Dunes 03:45. Every one of our great National Parks deserves a shout-out -- except, perhaps, for the peaceful place our Conor Knighton wants us to LISTEN to: ...

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 ...

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, CO - JULY 14: Park Superintendent Lisa Carrico is photographed in her office on July 14, 2016. (Photo by Michael Reaves/The Denver Post) ...

Southern Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve always has half of what it takes to make a beach — and lots of it. Come springtime, Mother Nature provides the other half of the ...

Including the Great Sand Dunes, there are 51 Dark Sky Parks in the U.S. Colorado also is home to two of the world’s 22 Dark Sky Communities — Westcliffe/Silver Cliff and Norwood.

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.

It’s $25 for a one-vehicle, seven-day pass at the Great Sand Dunes, and $45 for an annual pass. If you have a National Parks pass already, this will get you through the gate.