Comments: Great Sand Dunes National Park boasts the tallest sand dune in North America, Star Dune, which is 750 feet high at an elevation of approximately 8,600 feet above sea level. The park has more ...

The Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado is growing by more than 9,000 acres. The land is a portion of the Medano-Zapata Ranch Preserve in the San Luis Valley, which has been held by ...

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Following our visit to Denver, we spent four days touring the southern portion of Colorado, home to Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and Great Sand Dunes National ...

SAN LUIS VALLEY, CO — Thursday, October 6th The Nature Conservancy (TNC) with the help of the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a significant expansion of the Great Sand Dunes National Park.

Trade the high alpine environment for Colorado’s most ethereal landscape. Plus, everything you'll need for a successful sandy escape. Photo by William M. Rochfort Jr. The Local newsletter is your free ...

Summer is about to kick into high gear. And while many of us don’t have the bandwidth to plan an epic vacation to some of the least visited or remote National Parks in the United States, we still want ...

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (CBS4) - Lightning is being blamed for a fire at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado. Park officials say the Medano Fire started ...

Thanks to images in publications such as this and all across the internet, we know what to expect when we arrive at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve. But imagine the early, unsuspecting ...

Firefighters are working to contain and extinguish a fire that started along the entrance road to the Great Sand Dunes National Park Wednesday afternoon. The fire started around 3 p.m. when lightning ...

Below you’ll find the ultimate guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park, including things to do, how to get there, the be ...

It’s not the Great Sand Dunes of great fame and national park status. But a smaller set of sand dunes in northwest Colorado ...