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White Sands National Park in New Mexico is known for the gypsum sand dunes, which spread out as far as you can see and make for some incredible views and hiking. But the most thing to do at White ...
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum got a first-hand look at the oldest known Native ancestral footprints during a visit to White Sands National Park.
Gypsum dune fields at White Sands National Monument within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo, New ...
preserved in gypsum mud that hardened over time, are estimated to be 23,000-21,000 years old. NPS / Alamy Ancient human footprints, preserved in a dry lakebed at White Sands National Park in New ...
Secretary Doug Burgum visited White Sands National Park in New Mexico today, home to the world's largest gypsum ...
They may look like mounds of snow, but the dunes in this park are made of ... the second-largest gypsum dune field in the world, Cuatro Ciénegas in Mexico, is only 8 square miles). Hiking and sledding ...
White Sands National Park is truly unique. I was awestruck the first time I witnessed the white gypsum sand dunes that seemed to last forever. Here is a list of Things To do at White Sands ...
Beneath the white gypsum dunes of New Mexico, scientists have uncovered something remarkable—trails of footprints that ...
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WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) — White Sands National Park released its visitor count for March 2025 on Monday. The park saw a total of 91,656 visitors that month, which is a 13% decrease from last March.
May is a fantastic month to explore many of the United States' national parks ... and for exploring the park's extensive fossil reef from the Permian era. The stark white gypsum sand dunes are ...