According to park officials, it’s because the sand is made of gypsum, a soft, white mineral that breaks ... making the national park so special.

Unlike more frequented parks, this one provides a playground for the senses, where alabaster sand caresses your feet as you ...

White Sands was a national monument since 1933 before being designated a national park in 2019. It’s situated just west of Alamogordo and northeast of Las Cruces in south-central New Mexico ...

The entire dune field is a massive 275 square miles (by comparison, the second-largest gypsum dune field in the world, Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico, is only 8 square miles). Hiking and sledding over this ...

White Sands National Park, and winter skiing in Taos attract visitors. New Mexico’s native American heritage is shown in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Petroglyph National Monument ...

At White Sands National Park, history unfolds one 10,000-year-old footprint at ... At that time, grasses covered this area of New Mexico, and large mammals, such as Columbian mammoths and dire wolves, ...

In partnership with the Department of Defense, White Sands Missile Range has successfully taken action to preserve 60,000 acres of the Chupadera Mesa, ...

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