A Desert of Distinction | Travel + Leisure

On a trip to White Sands National Park, visitors experience the awe-inspiring scenery of southern New Mexico, and delve into the eerie undercurrents of the region's atomic history at the Trinity Site.

White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Picnic shelter with built-in shade at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Sand dunes and animal tracks at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Archival photograph at Trinity Site, where the world's first atomic detonation took place, in New Mexico
Group of people walking up sand dune at White Sands National Park
Day trip to White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Man walks up to obelisk constructed from volcanic rock, marking Trinity Site, New Mexico
Radioactive sign and obelisk at Trinity Site, New Mexico
Man walking on sand dunes at White Sands National Park
Sunset and yuccca at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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