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Great Sand Dunes National Park, as seen from the Medano Creek bed’s “beach” area. The expanse of sand is nearly impossible to comprehend, much less capture in a photo.
In Part I of this series, we explored two of Colorado’s amazing national parks and the airports that serve them – Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), northwest of Denver, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (BCGNP), just east of Montrose. Colorado has two other national parks worthy of your exploration. However, if you use these two articles as a motivator for planning a Colorado trip of your own, don’t forget the state offers much more in public lands. For example, both Colorado National Monument and Dinosaur National Monument are large and well-established National Park Service (NPS) sites. Each may eventually become a national park. Additionally, all precautions related to high altitude airports and mountain flying mentioned in Part I continue to apply throughout this discussion.
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