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White Sands Monument
White Sands National Monument is a United States National Monument that is located in the southeastern region of the state of New Mexico. The monument contains the world's largest gypsum sand dune field -- over 200 square miles of fine white sand, formed by the prevailing winds into large ridge-like dunes.History White Sands became a national monument on January 18, 1933 by order of President Herbert Hoover. Efforts to preserve the area's brilliant gypsum dunes had begun in the late 1800's, but it was the enthusiasm of local booster Tom Charles More...
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Carlsbad
Carlsbad is a small city in New Mexico near the Texas border. Activities • Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The town's main attraction is the nearby national park, which is home to a massive underground limestone cave, claimed to be the most beautiful in the world. If you're going there for the first time, buy an audio guide for $3; it has much more information than the boards (available in several languages). The deepest point of the cave is over 1500 feet below the surface, while the unguided tour descends to a depth of about 900 More...
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a unit of the United States National Park Service and a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. It is most famous for the "Big Cave" and its Big Room, at one time considered the largest natural underground chamber in the world. Although no longer occupying that niche, it is still one of the world's largest cave rooms, and its unusually extensive and diverse decorations make it a prime destination for the tourist looking to venture underground. Geology
The Big Room is often More...
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New Mexico: South East Region
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