White Sands National Park

National Park · New Mexico

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White dunes in foreground with sun setting behind mountain.
Foto: NPS Photo

Alertas actuales (5)

  • Cierre

    Dunes Drive Safety Corridor

    Dunes Drive is open. A safety corridor is in effect between mile marker 3 and 5.5 along Dunes Drive. Visitors may drive but not stop or exit their vehicle in this area.

    Más información del parque: Dunes Drive Safety Corridor

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    Backcountry Camping Closed

    Backcountry camping at the park is closed. There is no established opening date at this time.

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    Interdune Boardwalk Closed

    Due to the active safety corridor, the Interdune Boardwalk is closed. Please visit the park visitor center to learn about other options during your visit.

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    Park Closures

    From time to time the missile range that surrounds the park performs military testing that may require the closure of the park or Highway 70. Please plan your visit around upcoming military tests.

    Más información del parque: Park Closures

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    RV and Tractor Trailer Parking at the Visitor Center

    There is limited space for parking for recreational vehicles and trailers in the parking lot directly in front (south) of the visitor center. RVs are asked to not park in the lot behind the visitor center. There is no parking space for tractor trailers.

Horarios

Standard Park Hours

Horario habitual: Standard Park Hours
Todos los días7:00AM - Sunset

Próximamente:

  • 26 nov.: Thanksgiving Day (cerrado)

The park gates always open at 7:00 am with closing hours changing with sunset. The park closes 30 minutes after local sunset. Local sunset is 8 minutes earlier than Alamogordo's predicted sunset. Sunset times can be found at https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/alamogordo-nm

Centros de visitantes

White Sands Visitor Center

White Sands Visitor Center

Horario habitual: White Sands Visitor Center
Todos los días9:00AM - 5:00PM

Próximamente:

  • 26 nov.: Thanksgiving (cerrado)

Visitor Center hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm year-round. It is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Página del centro de visitantes en nps.gov: White Sands Visitor Center

Eventos de los próximos días

  • Ice Age Life Within Drop-in Program

    · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Gratis

  • Sunset Stroll

    · 05:00 PM · Meet near the sunset stroll sign parking area, an 8-mile (12.9 km) drive from the fee station. Follow Dunes Drive, staying left at the intersection. The Sunset Stroll begins in the parking lot on the left just after you pass the Backcountry Camping Loop t · Gratis

    Detalles del evento: Sunset Stroll

Sobre este parque

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 animals that live here.