• Dunes and Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Sunset

    Great Sand Dunes

    National Park & Preserve Colorado

Photos & Multimedia

Boy Sandboarding 2013

Boy Sandboarding, 2013.  View the park's Flickr page for this and other recent photos from the park and preserve.

NPS/Patrick Myers

View the the most recent photos of various aspects of the park on our Flickr page. These photos are available in a variety of sizes on Flickr, and are free to download and use as public domain images. If you need higher resolution .tif files of any of these photos, please contact our media coordinator at 719-378-6343, or send an email.

See the photo gallery below for over 50 photos of various aspects of the park and preserve, most taken within the past five years. These are very high resolution 300dpi .jpg photos, and may be downloaded directly from the gallery. Maximum-resolution .tif versions of most images on this website, as well as many other images of the park and preserve are available by request. All NPS images may be used for any private, public, or press use. Please credit "NPS Photo". Contact our media coordinator at 719-378-6343, or send an email with specifics on your image needs.

Boy Sandboarding at Great Sand Dunes

Sandboards and sand sleds that are specifically designed for sand provide the best sliding experience.

NPS/Patrick Myers

New video podcast for 2013:
Sandboarding and Sand Sledding at Great Sand Dunes

Learn how to sand sled and sandboard in this fun 2-minute video with music on YouTube. National Park Service, 2013.

 
Boy Tubing Medano Creek

NPS/Patrick Myers

Medano Creek Podcast - This short National Park Service video on YouTube reveals the creek's uniqueness and attraction for people of all ages! 2010.
Length: 1 minute and 45 seconds.

 
 

Did You Know?

Culturally peeled ponderosa pine

Ute, Apache, and other tribes peeled bark from pine trees for food and medicine.  Over 100 of these culturally peeled trees are still living in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. More...