Things to Do

A teen girl pauses to take in the view of dunes illuminated at sunset as she hikes up a dune slope

NPS/Patrick Myers

Hiking and Backpacking

 
 
A teen girl floats on an inflatable tube down a creek with a wave flowing across sand

NPS/Patrick Myers

Splashing in Medano Creek

 
A ranger stands in front of a screen at the amphitheater at sunset, starting an evening program

NPS/Patrick Myers

Free Ranger Programs

 
Milky Way Galaxy over a Dune Ridge

NPS/Patrick Myers

Experience the Night

 
Black and White Photography of Dune Ridges

NPS/Patrick Myers

Photography

 
A jeep crosses Medano Creek along the Medano Pass Road with gold aspen trees around the road

NPS/Patrick Myers

4WD Medano Pass Road

 
A view of one side of the visitor center diorama depicting ecosystems from wetlands to tundra

NPS/Patrick Myers

Visitor Center

 
Two people sit on horses at Music Pass, with an alpine basin of trees and tundra with patches of snow

NPS/Patrick Myers

Horseback Riding

 
A woman sits in a baloon tire wheelchair on the sand beside a shallow creek and dunes

NPS/Patrick Myers

Accessible Activities

 
 
 
People stand below a waterfall in a crevasse

NPS/Patrick Myers

Nearby Attractions

 
 
A fisherman holds a trout with red sides above an alpine lake

Kevin Terry, Trout Unlimited

Fishing

 
Park ranger holding a color sketch of the dunes, with the dunes and snowcapped mountain in the background

NPS/Ian Knoerl

Sketching the Dunes

 
 
Two women smile wearing hunter orange and camouflage

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Hunting

(only in national preserve during legal seasons)

Last updated: February 17, 2025

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Contact Info

Mailing Address:

Visitor Center
11999 State Highway 150

Mosca, CO 81146

Phone:

(719) 378-6395
General Park and Preserve information: (719) 378-6395 Emergencies (Police, Fire, Medical): Dial 911. Non-emergencies (Police, Fire, Medical): call (719) 589-5807

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