A Day Trip To White Sands National Park, New Mexico

The White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA, is a natural marvel, a desert. It is a region of white dunes composed of white gypsum crystals (275 sq miles). The desert is the largest dune field in the world for gypsum. I got an opportunity to visit White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA.

You feel like you are driving through snow-filled roads and seeing more and more sandhills just like snow hills but in reality, the temperature is more than 76 degrees. You can see the white sand on the road and the parking lot.

Details

Phone:  575-479-6124
Website:  www.nps.gov/whsa 
Hours: Operating Hours
Price:  Fees and Passes

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White Sands National Park Map

White Sands National Park is located in southern New Mexico, on the north side of U.S. Route 70 approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Alamogordo

Be Ready To Hike on Sand Dunes

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

— Aristole

Visitor Center

The park features a drive from the visitor center to the heart of the dunes, marked hiking trails, picnic areas, backcountry campground, sand dune sledding.

In 1933, President Herbert Hoover named it as a national monument to protect’ the white sands and additional scenic, scientific, and educational interest characteristics.’

You will see patches of tall grass near the park entrance, but after a few miles, the landscape becomes nothing but endless sand dunes, with well-marked camping areas and trails.