Places to See in New Mexico http://www.placestoseeinnewmexico.com Things to Do in NM Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 White Sands National Monument http://www.placestoseeinnewmexico.com/white-sands-national-monument/ http://www.placestoseeinnewmexico.com/white-sands-national-monument/#comments Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:57:34 +0000 http://www.placestoseeinnewmexico.com/?p=15 Don’t miss the White Sands National Monument when you visit New Mexico! This is perhaps one of the most well known sand dunes in the entire world.

Their is a free visitor center located on Highway US-70 between the cities of Alamogordo and Las Cruces. There is a fee of $3 per person to enter the park, and children 15 and under are free.

The park has an elevation of 4235 feet, and the sand dunes move about 30 feet per year. They’re constantly moving in the wind.

 

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