The Little Sahara National Recreation area in Juab County, UT affords wonderful photography sites and doubles as a great place to visit, especially for kids. The dunes are result of confluence of two geographic features of central Utah. The sand comes from the dry Sevier Lake bed. Southerly winds pick up sand and carry it northward until they hit a set of 700 foot mountains in the Little Sahara recreational area. The mountains force the wind upwards, slowing them down causing the sand to drop. For kids the surrounding Tintic valley is an unappealing expanse of Sagebrush. The Sand dunes, however are a kids delight as shown in these photographs.
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