Unfortunately, backcountry camping is currently closed. The park is rehabilitating the campsites, and a target date still ...

Sunset Stroll with Ranger Rebekah, meets at 4 p.m. (45 minutes to 1 hour program) A ranger-guided leisurely half-mile hike to ...

Welcome to White Sands National Park. A national monument until 2019 ... Of course, there's hiking and backcountry camping too. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox ...

They may look like mounds of snow, but the dunes in this park are made of a rare form of crystallized gypsum ... Hiking and sledding over this vast white expanse of powder is a singular, otherworldly ...

In 2019, President Donald Trump signed a bill creating White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Two years later, scientists announced that human footprints found preserved in sediment in the park ...

White Sands National Park has been a national park for 5 years now, since being designated with the upgrade from monument status in 2019. Elva K. Österreich ...

White Sands was officially re-designated from a national monument to a national park on December 20, 2019. To celebrate the five years, a variety of events will be held at the park’s visitors […] ...

White Sands National Monument becomes the country’s 62nd national park. What will change? QT Luong’s specialty is photographing national parks with a large-format camera, and one of his points of ...