The scenic beauty of Colorado’s landscape draws a huge number of tourists from all over the world into the State. With an array of cities and towns that each offer something different to visitors, it becomes quite an ardent task to choose which place to visit first.
The blue in the flag represents the vivid blue skies of Colorado. The middle white stripe depicts the Snowy Mountains of the Rockies. The red reflects the leathery colored earth found all over Colorado. The golden colored disk inside the ‘C’ reflects the hundred days of sunshine experienced by the State.
The tallest sand dune in North America is the Star Dune in Great Sand Dunes National Monument outside of Alamosa. It rises approximately 750 feet above the floor of the San Luis Valley