Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Photographer Matt McClain traveled to New Mexico for The Washington Post ...

Before we headed out on our latest road trip for the Our Land series, we put a call out on social media, asking for ideas of places we should go in Arizona and New Mexico. Shannon Miller's suggestion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a vast expanse in New Mexico where you can hike barefoot, sled any time of the year and feel like you're on another planet ...

New Mexico's White Sands National Park feels out of this world. White Sands National Park is home to the world’s largest gypsum dune field. While here, visitors can participate in activities like sand ...

There’s a vast expanse in New Mexico where you can hike barefoot, sled any time of the year and feel like you're on another planet. Welcome to White Sands National Park. A national monument until 2019 ...

Drive Dunes Drive There is one main road that goes through White Sands: Dunes Drive. It’s 8 miles miles long, and if you want ...

A vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in southern New Mexico would be elevated from a national monument to a national park under legislation proposed this month by one of the state’s senators. U ...

(CNN) -- The United States has its 62nd national park. The White Sands National Monument in southern New Mexico has been officially designated as White Sands National Park. Legislation to redesignate ...

Emily Pennington is a columnist and longtime Outside contributor. For her 63 Parks column, she visited every U.S. national park. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running ...

While here, visitors can participate in activities like sand sledding, scenic drives, and ranger-led star watching programs on full moon nights. The park is best visited in spring or fall for mild ...