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Backcountry Camping Loop Trail Restroom
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<p>The Backcountry Camping Loop Trail restroom has two separate wheelchair-accessible vault toilets with no running water, a dumpster, and trash and recycling bins. It is within a parking area with plenty of space to park automobiles and RVs, and there are accessible parking spaces directly in front of the restroom.</p>
First Stop of Backcountry Camping Loop Trail Tour
~0 min drive
<p>Welcome to White Sands National Park’s digital self-guided tour! If you see the Backcountry Camping Loop Trailhead in front of you, you’re in the right place.<br /> <br /> White Sands is far more than just a sandbox. Over time, this land has been home to countless creatures…
Backcountry Camping Loop Trail
~0 min drive
<p>The Backcountry Camping Loop Trail is a moderate, 2-mile (3.5 km) roundtrip hike. Though backpackers hike the trail most frequently, it is also open to visitors who want a shorter hike through the heart of the dunes. Follow the orange trail markers with a spade symbol into…
Alkali Flat Trail
~2 min drive
<p>Red trail markers with a diamond symbol guide hikers along this strenuous, 5-mile (8 km) roundtrip hike. The Alkali Flat Trail skirts the edge of what is now the final remnant of Lake Otero. <strong>This trail is not flat!</strong> You will be hiking up and down dunes the e…
Interdune Boardwalk
~3 min drive
<p>The Interdune Boardwalk is fully accessible for people using wheelchairs and strollers. Take an easy 0.4 mile (650m) round trip stroll through the dunes and learn about the science, geology, plants, and animals that make White Sands an unequaled natural wonder. The boardwal…
"Wetter, Bigger, Badder" Interpretive Sign
~5 min drive
<p>This interpretive sign on the Playa Trail highlights some of the larger-than-life creatures that you would've seen along this trail if you were here over ten thousand years ago.</p>
"Finding Footprints" Interpretive Sign
~5 min drive
<p>This interpretive exhibit at the Playa Trail showcases some of the tracks found at White Sands.</p>
"Just Add Water" Interpretive Sign
~5 min drive
<p>This interpretive sign on the Playa Trail showcases how water and the changing seasons create a hidden world that is waiting to come to life.</p>
A Desert Oasis Interpretive Sign
~5 min drive
<p>Water is the focus of this interpretive sign on the Playa Trail. It describes how water is trapped in the basin and helps create the dried lakebed that is highlighted on this trail.</p>
Dune Life Nature Trail Restroom
~5 min drive
<p>The Dune Life Nature Trail restroom has two separate wheelchair-accessible vault toilets with no running water, a trash bin, and is adjacent to a parking area with plenty of space to park automobiles and RVs. There are accessible parking spaces directly in front of the rest…
Dune Life Nature Trail
~5 min drive
<p>The Dune Life Nature Trail is a moderate, one-mile (1.6 km) self-guided loop hike. Though not difficult, this hike does require hikers to climb two steep dunes with loose sand. Follow the blue trail markers with a club symbol. Meet Katie the Kit Fox and learn about her frie…
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