No roads, phone service, Internet, or campsites. That's how it is in Alaska's most remote national parks, and Kobuk Valley is no exception. The upside? No crowds, unless you count the half-million ...

Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune ...

The concepts also include a new multimodal trail that would follow Highway 150 on the wilderness boundary, connecting the Great Sand Dunes entrance sign to the visitor center and the Dunes.

The Great Sand Dunes and Medano Creek are the two primary ... If they want a remote experience, they can go further back into the wilderness area. That’s one of the things that’s special.

It’s a warm spring day in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, and I see no other hikers besides the two who joined me on this backpacking in Great Sand Dunes adventure. It’s just us and our ...

With Memorial Day marking the unofficial start of summer, a popular seasonal creek in Southern Colorado isn't doing so hot.

Its habitat within the wilderness of Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve already is protected from motorized recreationists and other perils. “Other beetles should be so ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located where the wide-open and dry expanse of the San Luis Valley and the towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains collide. At first glance, the Colorado ...

Lots of rain earlier this year led to a showy display of prairie sunflowers at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Some years, prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) deliver a ...