Great+Sand+Dunes+National+Park

By: Dylan S.

The ladies' PEO organization led the original effort to make great sand dunes a national monument in 1932. And it is one that is opened 24 hours a day every day to.Also the great sand dunes is about 150,00 acres.And the weather can get up to 140 degrees up in the great sand dunes national park.

The park is located It is located northeast of Alamosa, Colorado.You can also getthere by U.S. Highway 160and state highway 150 from south. The size ofthe park is about 150,000 acres or it is about 604 square km. The distance to oskaloosa to the great sand dunes it takes about 14 hours and 36 minutes. Also for the miles is 967.90 miles from oskaloosa to the great sand dunes national park when youare driving a car.
 * Location/Size/Distance**

The park is open 24 hours a day.And every day of the year. For everyone that whats to come to the great sand dunes national park. The visitor senator is open 9:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.Also the building is closed on federal holidays.Up in the Sumer it genera lly open to 9-5.
 * Park hours**

The weather in the winter the average high in the winter is 30 degrees.Also in the winter the minimum is 25 degrees. The perception for snow fall is 11 inches The weather in the spring the average high is about 60 degrees. Also in the spring the lows can vary from 0 degrees to 40 degrees. The weather in the summer it can get up to 140 degrees up on a sunny summer afternoons. Also on a daytime average is in the 70 degrees to 80 degrees. The weather in the fall the average in the fall is about 60 degrees up to the 70 degrees.
 * Climate**

It became a national park up in the 1920s all the way up to today. The person who helped make it the person who signed the bill over for the people can make the great sand dunes national park was Herbert hover. The history of the park is by the 1920s the dunes had became a source of pride for local people and a potential source of tourist dollars for the local businesses. Also the members of the ladies P. E. O. sponsored a bill to congress asking for national monument status for the great sand dunes national park. It also was widely support
 * History**

ed by the local people. Then the monument got an expansion into the national park also it was preserved in about 2000-2004.

Did you know that up in the spring that the great sand dunes they have mild spring temperatures like blizzards or wild winds. Also did you know that it could take a day and a half to hike up the mountains.
 * Facts**

Or did you know that when the snow does fall you could ski, or you could snowboard, also you can go sledding there.

While you are there you could look at the wonderful lakes. Also while you are there you could go and see the wonderful mountains. Also while you are there you could go and look at the wonderful beaches when you are there.
 * Things to see**

media type="youtube" key="R-ylrpau4Co" height="254" width="453" align="left" Some of the things you could go and do with your family or just by your self is stuff like you could go and swim in the pool you could also go hiking up the mountains. Also while you are there you could go and look at the wonderful rivers and the wonderful ponds while you are at the great sand dunes national park. Another thing you can go and do while you are there you can go surfing, wading, skimboarding, and you can also go and do is floating.
 * Things to do**

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