Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that conserves an area of large sand dunes on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national pres
Hikers traversing a dune at the park
Members of the Jicarilla Apache tribe gather at the Great Sand Dunes to share traditional clothing, crafts, stories, and dances in July of 2019.
John C. Frémont
Medano Creek
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The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi in a straight-line distance from the n
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
…Captain John Gunnison of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. Gunnison's party crossed the dune field on horseback. In the years that followed, the Rockies were gradually explored, treaties were signed and broken with resident tribes, and people with widely differing goals entered the San Luis Valley from…
Aerial view of Mount Elbert and the Sawatch Range
The Santa Fe Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies as seen from the Sandia Crest in New Mexico
The summits of the Teton Range in Wyoming
Mount Robson in British Columbia