Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve · Colorado

Sand Pit Trail

0.5 mi of trail, end to end · 150 ft of descent · 8,211 ft–8,381 ft · hiking

Picnic areas

8,381 ft 8,214 ft · 0.5 mi high 8,381 ft

Along the way Sand Pit

Trailhead Sand Pit Trailhead 8,380 ft Drive there

On the parks map

Other trails from the Sand Pit 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.