White Sands National Park
Alamogordo, New Mexico | 159 Miles
Shimmering, shape-shifting sand dunes are the signature feature of White Sands National Park. Located in the heart of southern New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin, its wind-blown 275 square miles comprise the largest gypsum dunefield in the world. White Sands, formerly a national monument, became America’s newest national park in 2019.
Begin your journey in the other-worldly city of Roswell, site of an alleged UFO crash in 1947. Visit its UFO Museum or countless souvenir shops hawking little green men memorabilia. Continuing through Lincoln, NM, you’ll pass the courthouse where Billy the Kid made his final escape
in 1881 before being pursued and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Later, in Cloudcroft, be sure to see the historic wooden railroad trestle over Mexican Canyon, a remnant of the railroad that brought visitors and workers to the mountain community between 1899 and 1947.
Originally published in 2021.
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