White Sands Travel Guide

Browse 1 travel reviews, 4 travel blogs and 85 travel photos from real travelers to White Sands.
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White Sands Overview

White Sands is a place of mystery. The majestic Organ Mounatins semi-circle The White Sands Missile Base.

Not far from the Missile Base is the famed Trinity site where the first atomic bomb was tested in the whole world.

Not far is the White Sands Monument, one of the modern great wonders of the world.

The white sand dunes are composed of gypsum crystals, which is why they look so white and fluffy.

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White Sands National Monument
Jan 16, 2011 – Jan 17, 2011
  On the recommendation of a coworker, I spent my second day in the Tucson area driving all the way to White Sands Nation…
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White Sands, Aguirre Springs, and Burrowing Owls
Jun 22, 2007 – Jun 24, 2007
After an early morning check of the traps (they caught 4 grasshopper mice. Poor guys, they look like dwarf hamsters with long t…
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Missile Museum
Jun 19, 2009 – Aug 05, 2009
This page will have pictures. Going to this place seemed like a bit of a risk.  We had to go back west 50 or 80 miles and…
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