what city are the sand dunes in colorado
Alamosa
title: Hooper, Colorado text: Hooper, Colorado The Town of Hooper is a Statutory Town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census. Hooper is located at (37.745819, -105.876817). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Nearby points of interest include the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the town of Crestone. The post office at Hooper was known as Garrison from January 26, 1891 until July 17, 1896. The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official. Hooper was title: Hooper, Colorado text: those over 64. Melvin McAllister, "Life in Hooper, Colorado", self-published (1998), 211 pages Hooper, Colorado The Town of Hooper is a Statutory Town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census. Hooper is located at (37.745819, -105.876817). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Nearby points of interest include the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the town of Crestone. The post office at Hooper was known as Garrison from January 26, 1891 until July 17, title: Alamosa, Colorado text: service here with trackage reaching many points throughout southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico. Alamosa is now a notable tourist town with many nearby attractions, including the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Colorado Gators Reptile Park. The town hosts "Summer Fest on the Rio" which occurs the first weekend in June, the Early Iron car show over the Labor Day weekend, and "Weekends on the Rio" on various Sundays throughout the summer The city takes its name from the Spanish adjective "Alamosa", meaning "of cottonwood", for the cottonwood forests which grow along the Rio Grande and throughout title: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve text: is located in Saguache and Alamosa Counties, Colorado at approximately 37.75° north latitude and 105.5° west longitude. The national park is located in the San Luis Valley while the national preserve is located to the east in an adjacent section of the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains. Elevations range from in the valley west of the dunes, to at the summit of Tijeras Peak in the northern part of the preserve. The dunes cover an area of about while the surrounding relatively flat sand sheet which feeds the large dunes is actually the largest component of the title: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve text: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is an American national park that conserves an area of large sand dunes up to tall on the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, and an adjacent national preserve located in the Sangre de Cristo Range, in south-central Colorado, United States. The park was originally designated Great Sand Dunes National Monument on March 17, 1932 by President Herbert Hoover. The original boundaries protected an area of . A boundary change and redesignation as a national park and preserve was authorized on November 22, 2000 and