White Sands National Park

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national park protected area tourist attraction

White Sands National Park is a protected area in southern New Mexico renowned for its vast, otherworldly dunes of white gypsum sand.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
White Sands, New Mexico 2
White Sands (gypsum dune field) 1
White Sands National Monument 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
area about 145,762 acres ⓘ
about 589 square kilometers ⓘ
biome Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains Dune fields ⓘ
Interdune areas ⓘ
Lake Lucero ⓘ
world’s largest gypsum dunefield ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ecosystemType desert ⓘ
elevation about 1,291 meters ⓘ
about 4,235 feet ⓘ
establishedAsNationalMonument 1933 ⓘ
establishedAsNationalPark 2019 ⓘ
fauna bleached earless lizard ⓘ
kit fox ⓘ
roadrunner ⓘ
various nocturnal rodents ⓘ
flora Plains cottonwood ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande cottonwood

Yucca ⓘ
surface form: soaptree yucca
geologicalFeature gypsum dunefield ⓘ
governingBody National Park Service ⓘ
hasScenicDrive Dunes Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter White Sands National Park Visitor Center ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInCounty Otero County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern New Mexico ⓘ
managedBy United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
nearestCity Alamogordo ⓘ
surface form: Alamogordo, New Mexico
notableFor vast white gypsum sand dunes ⓘ
offersRangerPrograms yes ⓘ
officialLanguageOfSignage English ⓘ
partiallySurroundedBy White Sands Missile Range ⓘ
popularActivity hiking ⓘ
photography ⓘ
sand sledding ⓘ
scenic driving ⓘ
stargazing ⓘ
previousName White Sands National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: White Sands National Monument
region Tularosa Basin region ⓘ
surface form: Tularosa Basin
state New Mexico ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2021 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
USStateParkCode WHSA ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dona Ana County, New Mexico → containsCommunity → White Sands National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Sands, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico → containsProtectedArea → White Sands National Park ⓘ
New Mexico → hasNationalPark → White Sands National Park ⓘ
Otero County, New Mexico → hasTouristAttraction → White Sands National Park ⓘ
Space Network → locationGroundSegment → White Sands National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Sands, New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range → namedAfter → White Sands National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Sands (gypsum dune field)
White Sands Missile Range → near → White Sands National Park ⓘ
subject surface form: White Sands Space Harbor
White Sands National Park → previousName → White Sands National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Sands National Monument
Chihuahuan Desert → protectedAreaIncludes → White Sands National Park ⓘ