WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. — I didn’t expect to be hugged by strangers, let alone three times in a day. But that’s what happened after I snagged one of the 10 coveted campsites at White ...

Located in the South of New Mexico is a gem of nature, White Sands National Park. It is America's 62nd National Park and guaranteed to be like no other national park you've ever been to. Park ...

President Herbert Hoover established this section of land as White Sands National Monument in 1933. In 2019, White Sands added 4,855 acres and was reestablished as White Sands National Park!

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 […] ...

A national monument until 2019, White Sands National Park is home to the largest gypsum dune field in the world – gypsum being a soft sulfate mineral used in materials like plaster.

Comments can be submitted online, by email at whsa_comments@nps.gov or comments can be mailed to: Superintendent, White Sands National Park, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman Air Force Base, NM 88330.

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. — I didn’t expect to be hugged today, let alone three times. And by strangers. But that’s what happened after I snagged one of the 10 coveted campsites at ...

I didn’t expect to be hugged today, let alone three times. And by strangers. But that’s what happened after I snagged one of the 10 coveted campsites at White Sands National Monument la… ...

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, N.M. – I didn’t expect to be hugged today, let alone three times. And by strangers. But that’s what happened after I snagged one of the 10 coveted campsites at ...