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From Colorado Springs, take I-25 south, looking for the exit at Walsenburg. There are signs here indicating that this is the exit for Great Sand Dunes National Park. Once you’re off of I-25 at ...

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Trade the high alpine environment for Colorado’s ... day in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, and I see no other hikers besides the two who joined me on this backpacking in Great Sand Dunes ...

And while many of us ... National Park Service has been promoting these smaller and less-trafficked parks in order to increase visitation. And it’s paying off. I always recommend Great Sand ...

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 ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located where the wide-open and dry expanse of the San Luis Valley and the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains collide. At first glance, the Colorado ...

It's early June and my husband, Ed, and I are sand sledding at Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. The sand dunes here are, rather shockingly, the tallest in all of North America.