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title: "A beach with no sea"
date: "2025-09-15"
location: "Great Sand Dunes National Park"
country: "United States"
lat: 37.7916
lng: -105.5943
photos: 2
weather: true
weatherData: { tempMin: 6, tempMax: 19.7, code: 2, precipitation: 0, windMax: 13, source: "open-meteo", recordedAt: "2026-09-06T08:32:19.477Z" }
---

Two hundred metres of sand piled against the Sangre de Cristos, with a shallow creek running along the foot of it and children treating the whole thing as a seaside.

Walking up a dune is roughly three steps for every two you keep.