Fall is a wonderful time to visit as most of our plants with leaves change beautiful colors.
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.
Join us as White Sands National Park celebrates the park’s fifth anniversary of becoming a national park by hosting special programs at the visitor center during the week of December 16 – 20, 2024.