The Essential Guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park

This is THE comprehensive guidebook for Great Sand Dunes National Park, published by the Colorado Mountain Club. It covers every area of a visit to the park, along with some pretty good photography. We use this book personally and recommend it.

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Hiking Colorado’s Sangre de Cristos and Great Sand Dunes

This is the Great Sand Dunes National Park entry in the extensive Falcon Guides series. It also covers the adjacent Sangre de Cristos Mountains. When looking for a hiking guide book of a park, we generally look for the Falcon Guide first. With few exceptions, they are very good at what they do, and we like to have a consistent format to get used to.

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Sea of Sand: A History of Great Sand Dunes

This is a new hardcover book covering the natural and cultural history of Great Sand Dunes National Park. Those looking for a trip guide will not find that here, but it is a beautifully written and exhaustive history of this unique park.

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Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light And Shadow

This is a great book for Great Sand Dunes National Park. It combines some breathtaking photography with some very good writing about the park. Highly recommended.

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