National Park Guide

White Sands Field Guide

A complete planning guide to White Sands National Park. Covers Dunes Drive and the surrounding dunefield, sledding on the gypsum dunes, the official NPS park map, trails from the boardwalk loop to full-day dunefield treks, wildlife found nowhere else on Earth, sunset and night-sky hours, and backcountry permit camping since the park has no developed campground.

What's inside

• ✓Dunes Drive and the largest gypsum dunefield on Earth
• ✓Sledding the dunes, the park's single most popular activity
• ✓Trails from a boardwalk loop to a full-day trek across the open dunefield
• ✓Species found nowhere else, plus sunset and night-sky hours after the crowds leave