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"Wetter, Bigger, Badder" Interpretive Sign
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New Mexico
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Inside White Sands National Park
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"Wetter, Bigger, Badder" Interpretive Sign
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<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>
"Just Add Water" Interpretive Sign
~0 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>
Mule Cyn
~29 min drive
Moderate canyon hike with steady elevation gain and scenic desert views.
Goat Springs
~31 min drive
Steady 2.94-mile climb to Goat Springs with 1,584 ft elevation gain.
Dry Canyon
~37 min drive
Moderate 11.2-mile canyon hike with 1,894 ft elevation gain through high desert terrain.
Playa Trail
~0 min drive
<p>The Playa Trail is an easy, 0.5 mile (800m) round-trip, level trail with outdoor exhibits along the way to help you learn and explore this trail and the characteristics that make it special. Follow the green trail markers with a heart symbol that lead to a small playa. On t…
Lower San Andres
~30 min drive
Moderate desert trail in the San Andres Mountains with 868 ft elevation gain.
Upper Dry Cyn Alt
~37 min drive
Short canyon trail with steady elevation gain and scenic desert views.
Dune Life Nature Trail Restroom
~1 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…
Mineral Springs
~34 min drive
Moderate 4.2-mile trail to mineral springs with 1,091 ft elevation gain.
Road Cyn Alt
~38 min drive
Easy 2.6-mile canyon walk with minimal elevation gain.
