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Feb 22, 2024 · White Sands home page. Like No Place Else on Earth. Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico.
White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. This gypsum dunefield is the largest of its kind on Earth ...
Feb 22, 2024 · White Sands National Monument. NPS Photo. Driving Dunes Drive. Dunes Drive, an eight-mile (13 km) scenic drive, leads from the visitor center into the heart of the gypsum dunefield.
Oct 30, 2023 · NPS Photo. Directions & Transportation. Find maps that will help you find your way to White Sands National Park. Regardless of whether you’re driving or flying, we’ll help you get here.
Jul 8, 2024 · Interesting Facts about White Sand Dunes National Park & Missile Range. White Sands National Park is in New Mexico and it is located entirely within the White Sands Missile Range.. The White Sands Missile Range is a military testing ground that was established in 1945. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was test donated at the Trinity Site, which is on the far northern end of the White ...
White Sands National Park This dune field is very dynamic, with the most active dunes moving to the northeast at a rate of up to 30 feet per year, while the more stable areas of sand move very little.
Jan 18, 2024 · White Sands National Park is an incredible place to visit. Planning ahead for this unique and challenging park allows you to best experience White Sands the way you want to.
Like No Place Else on Earth Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Park preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and ...
Welcome! In the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world’s great natural wonders—glistening white sands. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand engulf 275 square miles of desert, creating the world’s largest gypsum dunefield.
Oct 27, 2023 · The dune fields are geologically young, beginning their formation just 8,000 or so years ago. “During the last ice age, the Tularosa Basin (where White Sands National Park is located) would have ...
