Great Sand Dunes National Park Map

Experience a starry sky on moonless nights or a surreal walk on the dunes under bright full moonlight. Great sand dunes backcountry maps.

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Download the official map to find your way around colorados great sand dunes including park roads trails visitor center and the dunefield.

Great sand dunes national park map. Unique to this national park map are directional indicators of storm winds prevailing winds and water flow to help visitors be vigilant in spotting oncoming weather. The great sand dunes bookstore managed by western national parks association and located in the park visitor center carries topographic raised relief and trail maps of the area. The park spans an area of 437 square kilometers or about 169 square miles of which 98 percent is blanketed by sediment of quaternary age the holocene and pleistocene epochs.

Go in the morning or later at night as the sand gets hot during the day. Open all day and night year round the tallest dunes in north america are the centerpiece in a diverse landscape of grasslands wetlands conifer and aspen forests alpine lakes and tundra. Great sand dunes national park and preserve is an american national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes up to 750 feet 229 m tall on the eastern edge of the san luis valley and an adjacent national preserve located in the sangre de cristo range in south central colorado united states.

Hence this geologic map of the great sand dunes national park is essentially a surficial geologic map. Great sand dunes national park and preserve is national park in the state of coloradoin addition to the eponymous dunes the park has attractive high country in the sangre de cristo range of the rocky mountains. For official great sand dunes maps in a variety of formats including very high resolution for printing please visit the nps cartography page for great sand dunes national park and preserve.

While the maps below are great for a general overview and trip planning they shouldnt be used for navigation and route finding. Looking for a great trail in great sand dunes national park and preserve colorado. Alltrails has 13 great hiking trails trail running trails views trails and more with hand curated trail maps and driving directions as well as detailed reviews and photos from hikers campers and nature lovers like you.

Great sand dunes national park is possibly the coolest national park we have visited. The dunes were unlike anything we had ever seen before. This is a regional map of great sand dunes that shows roads and towns that surround the park and preserveclick the image to view a full size jpg 50 kb or download the pdf 650 kb.

Sink into the highest sand dunes in north america at colorados great sand dunes national park and preserve nestled in the sangre de cristo mountains near alamosa. Find great sand dunes national park camping hikes medano creek and more.

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