Explore the most awe-inspiring things to do in White Sands National Park, New Mexico that go way beyond the usual photo ops.

White Sands National Park will hold its next Full Moon Night event on July 10. The event will start at 8 p.m. at the ...

A Colorado woman, 82, died of her injuries nearly a month after an attacker targeting “Zionists” threw Molotov cocktails at ...

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona sits along a primary migratory flyway for birds stopping during their long journeys elsewhere. Birders, photographers, and those who simply enjoy ...

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, blends mountain and desert scenery with Mexican, Native American and Western culture.

Summertime is the most popular time for family vacations, and units within the National Park System are popular destinations.

A new line of evidence is providing further corroboration of the antiquity of fossilized footprints discovered at White Sands ...

Path to national park? U.S. Senator unveils bill to upgrade White Sands monument Staff and wire reports Las Cruces Sun-News 0:05 ...

White Sands National Monument was officially designated a national park after the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2020 was signed into law Friday.

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.

Back in 1933, President Hoover designated almost 150,000 acres of the area, originally called White Sands National Monument.