{"id":50217,"date":"2020-08-27T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=50217"},"modified":"2020-08-27T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:51:08","slug":"the-great-sand-dunes-national-park-and-preserve-in-southwest-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2020\/08\/27\/the-great-sand-dunes-national-park-and-preserve-in-southwest-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Southwest Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Located about 30 miles outside the town of Alamosa in Colorado, the Great Sand Dunes are a fascinating feature that has been created by nature over thousands of years. The giant sand dunes sitting at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains highlight the diversity of habitats in southwestern Colorado, which ranges from wetlands, prairies, mountains, and forests. The sand dunes seem oddly out of place, it is almost as if a piece of an African desert was scooped up and dropped in the mountain valley. The reality is that they were created after a large lake dried up thousands of years ago and the wind drove the sand to the base of the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n