USA White Sands National Park
White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range. The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. This gypsum dunefield is the largest of its kind on Earth, with a depth of about 30 feet (9.1 m), dunes as tall as 60 feet (18 m), and about 4.5 billion short tons (4.1 billion metric tons) of gypsum sand.
Spot Type
Outdoor
Crowd Factor
A decent amount of people
Best Timing
Daytime in summer
Sunrise & Sunset
06:40 - 17:02
| current local time: 12:30
Photo Themes
Dunes
Hills
Sand
sand dunes
Locations
New Mexico
United States of America
U.S.A
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