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great sand dunes

3 Porch Notes tagged “great sand dunes,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County

Great Sand Dunes and the short season of Medano Creek

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve sits at the edge of the San Luis Valley, and its seasonal Medano Creek runs only for a stretch of spring and early summer.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County

Why the Great Sand Dunes are a dark-sky place

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a certified International Dark Sky Park, and its dry, high, low-light setting makes it one of the easier places in Colorado to see a star-filled sky.

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Cars and driving - Saguache County

Medano Pass Primitive Road is a sandy 4WD route on the Saguache edge of the Sand Dunes

The Medano Pass Primitive Road crosses deep sand and Medano Creek several times on the Saguache County side of Great Sand Dunes, and it needs a high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle.

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