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. The large, main dunefield covers about 30 square miles, but there are ...

See petrified redwood stumps, ancient dinosaur bones, archaeological sites and more at these lesser-known parks.

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, Colo. (CBS NEWS) - At first glance you might think the sand dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve belong to a desert, or an ocean beach, but ...

Tucked away in the northern tip of the San Luis Valley is one of the country's most unique national parks, the Great Sand Dunes. Standing at approximately 750 feet tall with an estimated 5 billion ...

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All descriptions of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve fall short. It is a true North American wonder, an essential pilgrimage for Coloradans. For Front Range residents, it's a day trip like no ...

Most of us who have visited White Sands, think climbing 50 to 60 feet to the top of the gypsum dunes is pretty cool. A few miles north of Alamosa, Colorado, there is a dune field that is monumentally ...

The sun rises over Great Sand Dunes National Park. Expand to read more Peter Fitzgerald | Wikimedia Commons A new report singles out the most discounted attractions in all 50 states. A 149,137-acre ...

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 ...

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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. Read more of our summer getaways stories here >>> The large, main ...