Tag: National Parks
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Great Sand Dunes National Park: 1 Day Adventure
The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Mosca, Colorado, about 2.5 hours southwest of Colorado Springs. The park was created to protect the 5 billion cubic meters of sand nestled just below the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. And while the park and preserve are home to the tallest sand dunes…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park: 2 Day Adventure
The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in Mosca, Colorado, about 2.5 hours southwest of Colorado Springs. The park was created to protect the 5 billion cubic meters of sand nestled just below the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. And while the park and preserve are home to the tallest sand dunes…
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Rocky Mountain National Park: 2 Day Adventure
Rocky Mountain National Park is located about 60 miles northwest of Denver, CO between the towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake. The park’s 265,000+ acres is filled with over 60 majestic mountain peaks that top over 12,000 feet and over 150 gorgeous glacier lakes with the dreamiest of reflections. The park is also home…
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Rocky Mountain National Park: 4 Day Adventure
Rocky Mountain National Park is located about 60 miles northwest of Denver, CO between the towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake. The park’s 265,000+ acres is filled with over 60 majestic mountain peaks that top over 12,000 feet and over 150 gorgeous glacier lakes with the dreamiest of reflections. The park is also home…
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Mesa Verde National Park: 1 Day Adventure
Mesa Verde National Park is located in southwestern Colorado just outside the city of Cortez. Mesa Verde’s rich landscape became home to the Ancestral Puebloan people approximately 1400 years ago. Over a 700-year period, their communities flourished in what is now the national park we see today. Inside the park’s 52,000 acres are almost 5000…
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Canyonlands National Park: 1 Day Adventure
Canyonlands National Park’s colorful landscape of deep canyons, massive mesas and spectacular rock formations is in southeastern Utah, about 30 min from Arches National Park and the city of Moab. The park is divided into four districts: Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and The Rivers. And although each district may seem close…
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Canyonlands National Park: 2 Day Adventure
Canyonlands National Park’s colorful landscape of deep canyons, massive mesas and spectacular rock formations is in southeastern Utah, about 30 min from Arches National Park and the city of Moab. The park is divided into four districts: Island in the Sky, The Needles, The Maze, and The Rivers. And although each district may seem close…
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Arches National Park: 2 Day Adventure
Arches National Park is in eastern Utah, just north of the city of Moab. The park’s landscape is covered in every hue of red and orange across spectacular sandstone arches, massive fins, giant balanced rocks and incredible towers and pinnacles. It is home to the world’s largest collection of natural arches with over 2,000 of them…
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park: 1 Day Adventure
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is located in western Colorado, near the city of Montrose. While this park is one of the smaller, and less visited, of all the national parks, it is by no means lacking in immense beauty and magnificence. The sharp cliffs, roaring Gunnison River and vast skies are spectacular.…
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Voyageurs National Park: 3 Day Adventure
Voyageurs National Park is located in northern Minnesota, just outside International Falls, where its waterways share a border with Canada. Voyageurs’ 218,000 acres is over one-third beautiful, blue water, has over 500 forested islands and 655 miles of both rocky and sandy shorelines. It was truly impressive- and not a single spot in this park…