The best time to visit the park is in spring and early summer, when daytime temperatures are mild and Medano Creek flows with ...

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 has the tallest dunes in North America, but they aren’t the park’s only stars. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

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 ...

Great Sand Dunes sees significantly fewer visitors than Rocky Mountain; in 2018, the park had fewer than 500,000 people, according to the National Park Service.

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: ...

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 dunes are believed to be remnants of a massive lake, Laka Alamosa, that dried up roughly 440,000 years ago, according to the park’s website.Over time, the park says wind, water and sediment ...

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 ...

Great Sand Dunes has reopened the park as of 8:15pm. The 306-acre Medano Fire is 80% contained. Fire crews will continue to work through the night until it is fully contained.

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 improve it.