Once a thriving mining town tied to legends like Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, White Oaks is now a relic of New Mexico’s ...

Adam White, author of New Mexico Summits: 40 Best Mountain Hikes to 50 Peaks, takes in the views from Atalaya Mountain east of Santa Fe on Thursday, July 3, 2025. Matt Dahlseid/The New Mexican ...

The White Sands National Park is a natural wonder, a desert in New Mexico, USA. It is a field of white dunes (275 sq mi/700 sq km) formed of white gypsum crystals. The desert is the world's ...

tracking the past New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago.