Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve · Colorado

Interpretive Loop Trail

0.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 30 ft of climbing · 8,136 ft–8,169 ft · hiking

Visitor centers

Along the way Great Sand Dunes

Trailheads Dunes Access Trailhead 8,154 ft Drive there · Interpretive Loop Trailhead 8,166 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the same trailheads

Dunes Access from Visitor Center Trail · 0.4 mi · from Interpretive Loop Trailhead

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.