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Fact sheet · Rocky Mountain

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Unit code GRSA. Figures retrieved 2026-11-06. Official alerts, fees, and closures are not copied here.

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States on the system list
Colorado
Guide region
Rocky Mountain. Editorial grouping of the state that contains the centroid, or the first listed state when the point is offshore.
Anniversary-table date
March 17, 1932

Table note: National Preserve authorized 2000; redesignated from a National Monument 2004

Gross area acres
107,336.95

NPS fee acres: 104,041.32. Report date September 30, 2026. Gross area is not the same column as fee ownership.

Boundary centroid
37.7669, -105.6130

Containing shoreline polygon: Colorado. Not an entrance.

Recreation-visit record
Highest monthly mean is in June, July, or August

Highest mean: June. Lowest mean: January. Mean annual total across complete years: 478,564 (10 complete years).

A separate preserve row exists in the same acreage report (GREAT SAND DUNES N PRES). It is not added to the national park figures on this page.

The monthly record

January: 4,493 mean recreation visitsFebruary: 6,252 mean recreation visitsMarch: 19,851 mean recreation visitsApril: 22,081 mean recreation visitsMay: 60,795 mean recreation visitsJune: 92,427 mean recreation visitsJuly: 91,724 mean recreation visitsAugust: 72,807 mean recreation visitsSeptember: 51,695 mean recreation visitsOctober: 37,047 mean recreation visitsNovember: 12,276 mean recreation visitsDecember: 7,116 mean recreation visitsJFMAMJJASOND
Mean of reported recreation visits by calendar month, 2016–2025. Gold is the lowest mean and rust is the highest. A missing bar was not reported. This is a historic average, not a live crowd count.
Monthly recreation-visit record
MonthMeanLowest yearHighest yearYears in the mean
January4,4931,5036,71410
February6,2523,4858,45910
March19,8516,42627,37410
April22,0815,22731,13410
May60,795084,66910
June92,42775,009123,56410
July91,72473,599116,37710
August72,80759,32997,37010
September51,69541,56566,49510
October37,04729,00753,46810
November12,2768,60617,73410
December7,1164,0479,63510

How to use this fact sheet

This is a fact sheet. Every figure is tied to the sources under it. It is not a trail guide, a fee table, or a conditions report.

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Nearest other national parks

Distances are great-circle miles between boundary centroids. They are not road distances or travel times.