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white sands national park
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When flying into El Paso, you can see the glistening white sands of New Mexico from the sky.
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White Sands sits between two mountain ranges.
– San Andres
Mountains
– Sacramento
Mountains
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The world’s largest gypsum dune field spans 275 square miles.
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The park entrance fee is $25 per car, and your pass is good for seven days, starting at the date of purchase.
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The park is in the Mountain time zone.
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Dunes Drive is 8 miles long through the core of rolling dunes, making your tour a 16-mile round-trip journey.
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Sled riding is the #1 activity.
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There are five hiking trails in the park. Each is well-marked and offers beautiful scenery.
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It is VERY easy to get lost.
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Temperatures can top 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer months and below freezing in the winter.
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The park offers ranger guided full moon hikes.
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Ten Common Birds – Cactus wren – Northern Mockingbird – Loggerhead shrike – Western kingbird – Horned lark – Greater Roadrunner – Chihuahuan raven – Swaison’s hawk – Red-tailed hawk – Northern harrier
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Ten Common Reptiles – Bleached earless lizard – Common side- blotched lizard – Desert box turtle – Long-nosed leopard lizard – Little white whiptail – Prairie rattlesnake – Sonoran gopher snake – Southwestern fence lizard – Western coachwhip – Western diamondback rattlesnake
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Ten Common Mammals
– American badger
– Apache pocket mouse
– Black-tailed jackrabbit
– Bobcat
– Coyote
– Desert cottontail
– Kit fox
– Merriam’s kangaroo rat
– Pocket gopher
– Porcupine
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