Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

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national park national preserve protected area

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is a protected area in southern Colorado known for containing the tallest sand dunes in North America, set against the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (eastern access region)	1
Great Sand Dunes Wilderness	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park ⓘ national preserve ⓘ protected area ⓘ
area	about 149,000 acres ⓘ about 603 square kilometers ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Medano Creek ⓘ Medano Pass ⓘ Sand Creek ⓘ Zapata Falls Recreation Area vicinity ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishedAsNationalMonument	1932 ⓘ
establishedAsNationalParkAndPreserve	2004 ⓘ
governingBody	National Park Service ⓘ
hasDesignation	U.S. National Park ⓘ National Preserves ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Preserve
hasEcosystem	alpine tundra ⓘ high desert ⓘ montane forest ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature	Sangre de Cristo Mountains backdrop ⓘ alpine lakes ⓘ forests ⓘ grasslands ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ tallest sand dunes in North America ⓘ tundra ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	Great Sand Dunes Visitor Center ⓘ
highestDuneHeight	about 229 meters ⓘ about 750 feet ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	dramatic contrast of dunes and mountains ⓘ tallest sand dunes in North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Alamosa County, Colorado ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Saguache County, Colorado ⓘ San Luis Valley ⓘ Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ surface form: Sangre de Cristo Range southern Colorado ⓘ
nearestCity	Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
offersActivity	backpacking ⓘ hiking ⓘ sandboarding ⓘ sandsledding ⓘ stargazing ⓘ wildlife viewing ⓘ
partOf	United States National Park System ⓘ surface form: National Park System of the United States

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern United States → containsNationalPark → Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (eastern access region)

Southern Colorado → containsProtectedArea → Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Sand Dunes Wilderness

Colorado → hasMajorNationalPark → Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ

Mountain States → hasNotableNationalPark → Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ