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Big Spring Creek National Natural Landmark
Bull elk at Big Spring Creek near Great Sand Dunes. Photo: NPS

Big Spring Creek Natural Landmark

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Situated within the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Big Spring Creek is a remarkable, underground spring-fed steam. It’s federally owned and open to the public to see.

National Natural Landmark in Saguache Co.

The 440 acre national natural landmark was designated in 2012. This a unique natural landmark in the Rockies biophysiographic province. An unconfined, underground aquifer discharges creating a groundwater, which forms the special creek.

Because it’s located in the Great Sand Dunes, the seasonal river flows over an aeolian sand sheet, producing a wonderful wetland landscape. This helps a number of rare plants and species in a high desert basin. The creek moseys along the basin by the dunes, a perfect example of geologic and hydraulic patterns.

Big Spring Creek Great Sand Dunes Bull Elk
Bull elk at Big Spring Creek near Great Sand Dunes. Photo: NPS

Details

Address: near Hooper

County: Sagauche

Designated: 2012

Acres: 440

Ownership: Federal

Website: nps.gov/…

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