White Sands National Park
The world’s largest gypsum dune field, with fine white sand in the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo. It has a road through the dunes, trails, and areas for sandboarding.
Novo México · the United States
In the destination Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands (Carlsbad; Alamogordo).
In the photo: Alamogordo and the Sacramento Mountains
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The city
City in southern New Mexico, in the Tularosa Basin at the foot of the Sacramento Mountains. It is the gateway to White Sands National Park, about 25 km away, with white gypsum dunes, and houses the New Mexico Museum of Space History, covering rocket history and space travel.
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The local experience
The world’s largest gypsum dune field, with fine white sand in the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo. It has a road through the dunes, trails, and areas for sandboarding.
Museum in a five-story golden building on a hill in Alamogordo, about the history of rockets and space exploration, with a space hall of fame and an outdoor rocket park.