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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "TouristAttraction",
  "id": "great-sand-dunes-np",
  "name": "Great Sand Dunes National Park",
  "shortName": "Great Sand Dunes",
  "region": "San Luis Valley, CO",
  "country": "Canada",
  "administrativeArea": "Ontario",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 37.7327,
    "longitude": -105.5122
  },
  "timezone": "America/Denver",
  "bortleClass": 2,
  "summary": "IDA-certified — tallest dunes in North America under Bortle 2 sky.",
  "intro": "Great Sand Dunes protects the tallest sand dunes in North America, rising against the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in a remote corner of the San Luis Valley. Its distance from any large city gives it consistently pristine, quiet skies.",
  "established": "International Dark Sky Park since 2019.",
  "drivingFromToronto": "Off Highway 150, about 35 miles north-east of Alamosa, Colorado.",
  "bestTime": "August and September for the clearest, most stable summer-constellation skies, per NPS guidance.",
  "highlights": [
    "One of the quietest, darkest units in the National Park System by NPS monitoring",
    "Open dune field gives an unusually unobstructed horizon for stargazing",
    "Night ranger programs run seasonally, including amphibian and owl walks after dark"
  ],
  "tips": [
    "Sand can be surprisingly cool at night in the dune field — dress in layers",
    "No lighting on the dunes; bring a headlamp with a red-light mode",
    "Medano Creek, when flowing, can affect access to the dunes at night"
  ],
  "whatToSee": "Milky Way over the dune field, with the high dry valley air giving excellent transparency for both naked-eye and binocular viewing.",
  "source": {
    "label": "NPS – Great Sand Dunes Experience the Night",
    "url": "https://www.nps.gov/grsa/planyourvisit/experiencethenight.htm"
  },
  "links": {
    "app": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=great-sand-dunes-np",
    "forecastJson": "https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/great-sand-dunes-np.json",
    "forecastText": "https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/great-sand-dunes-np.txt",
    "directionsGoogle": "https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Great%20Sand%20Dunes%20National%20Park&travelmode=driving",
    "directionsApple": "https://maps.apple.com/?daddr=Great%20Sand%20Dunes%20National%20Park&dirflg=d"
  },
  "attribution": {
    "app": "Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky",
    "url": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=great-sand-dunes-np",
    "license": "Editorial content © Clear Night Planner. Data freely citable with link back."
  }
}