Great Sand Dunes National Park And Preserve News

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UNVISTED COLORADO: This story is part of a series about off-the-beaten-track parts of Colorado that are worth a visit.

Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will be featured in a new series of quarter-dollar coins honoring 56 of America's beauty spots, the United States Mint said Wednesday.

Is this observation deck at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore perched on a perched dune? Bob Janiskee photo.

Any romantic notion I might have had of comparing myself to Lawrence dashing among the dunes of Arabia was rapidly fading as the spongy ridge of sand leading to Star Dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve became steeper.

Nine national park units in Colorado will share $20.5 million in economic-stimulus money, the National Park Service said Wednesday.