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

Great Sand Dunes National Park has the tallest dunes in North America, but they aren’t the park’s only stars.

There are other places to sandboard, from America's Great Lakes to the great rides of New Zealand. But these dunes, in the heart of Colorado, are the tallest in North America – sand piled as ...

At Great Sand Dunes National Park, there are plenty of sounds: The sand whipping across the dune field; the laughs of visitors sledding and tumbling down the soft hills; and, just two hours later ...

Visitors flock to the dunes when the creek is in bloom as well as for exhilarating activities such as sandboarding, sledding, ...

4. Giddyup: Horseback riding is permitted within Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, and is a terrific way to see the park. If you have your own horse, most of the park is open to riding so ...

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 ...

Credit: Anne Herbst, KUSA 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 ...

• Mountain View Motor Inn, in Fort Garland, 30 miles southeast of the Great Sand Dunes Visitor Center, rents sand sleds and sandboards year round. Call 719-379-2993.

Established in 1932 as the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, the park is home to the tallest dunes in North America. Congress designated it a national park in 2000.

Visitors hike along the ridge of a sand dune as the sun begins to set in August 2015 at the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa . The park remains open amid the pandemic — at least, for now.

The National Park Service said that portions of the Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve are experiencing flooding ...