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  2. White Sands National Park remains partially closed after Air ...

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    Sections of White Sands National Park remain closed after a U.S. Air Force F-16 jet crashed in the area ... Dune Life Nature Trail and Playa Trail remain open during normal park and visitor center ...

  3. White Sands National Park - Wikipedia

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    White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

  4. McDonald Ranch House - Wikipedia

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    For many years the site was open on the first Saturday in April and October. Admission is free. [14] There is a display on the Schmidt family in the house during each open house. [5] In 2014, the White Sands Missile Range announced that due to budgetary constraints, the site would only be open once a year, on the first Saturday in April.

  5. Sand sledding, barefoot hiking: Welcome to White Sands ... - AOL

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    A national monument until 2019, White Sands National Park is home to the largest gypsum dune field in the world – gypsum being a soft sulfate mineral used in materials like plaster. The 275 ...

  6. Celebrities who visited White Sands over the years include ...

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    The music artist can be seen in his distinctive round, vintage glasses and typical black attire against the bright backdrop of white dunes in a photo at White Sands National Park in 2018.

  7. White Sands, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The White Sands CDP is located in eastern Doña Ana County at the southern end of the White Sands Missile Range. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of U.S. Route 70 and 27 miles (43 km) east of Las Cruces, the county seat. The entrance to White Sands National Park is 34 miles (55 km) to the northeast, up US 70.

  8. White Sands National Park 'feels like you're on another planet'

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    A national monument until 2019, White Sands National Park is home to the largest gypsum dune field in the world – gypsum being a soft sulfate mineral used in materials like plaster. The 275 ...

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    White Sands National Monument: New Mexico: 2008 vii, viii (natural) White Sands is a large gypsum desert. It is the world's largest and best protected surface gypsum deposit, as those deposits have been typically heavily mined in other places.