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White Sands National Monument

Name: White Sands National Monument
Address: Dunes Drive and Loop Drive, Tularosa, NM, 88352, US

Dunes Drive and Loop Drive

Tularosa, NM 88352

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Like No Place Else on Earth

Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert, creating the world's largest gypsum dunefield. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dunefield, along with the plants and animals that live here.

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