White Sands National Monument

Just an hour east of Las Cruces, New Mexico lies one of the most extraordinary treasures in our National Park system-- White Sands National Monument. White Sands punctuates the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexcio with over 275 square miles of desert containing the largest gypsum sand dune field in the world.

Carlsbad Caverns

Just a few miles across the Texas border, in the southeastern corner of New Mexico, lies one of the most beguiling attractions in our National Parks system — Carlsbad Caverns.