9 Things You Can’t Miss at Great Sand Dunes National Park
Visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park? Here’s everything you need to know. After having visited White Sands National Monument and Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes at Death Valley, we
Sand Dunes Near Me
These are the biggest sand dunes in the US.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado – 750 ft
- Kelso Dunes, California – 600 ft
- Oregon Dunes, Oregon – 500 ft
- Bruneau Sand Dunes, Idaho – 470 ft
- Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
- Dumont Dunes, California – 450 ft
- Imperial Dunes, California – 300 ft
Compare these to White Sands National Park, New Mexico, where the tallest dunes are 60 ft.
Fun Facts
- Star Dune in Great Sand Dunes is the tallest sand dune in North America standing 750 ft tall.
- The largest sand dune system in the western hemisphere is Nebraska Sand Hills covering 20,000 sq miles.
- Oregon Dunes has the longest coastal dunes in North America and stretches approximately 50 miles.
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Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Death Valley CA
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