Tag: White Sands National Monument

The Unsolved Fountain Murders

By Steve Terrell on Nov. 05, 2025

THE STATE SENATE PRO tempore’s office, located in the Capitol building basement in Santa Fe, contains a wall of photographs of holders of that position. Among them is a 1931 black-and-white of a bald…

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Datebook: September 2024

By Maria Manuela on Aug. 28, 2024

A LONG WINDING MOUNTAIN ROADS, next to flowing acequias, and on top of little hills, artist studios blossom like wildflowers in the Land of Enchantment. September might be the best time of the year to…

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Change Your Dune

By Sponsor Content: Alamogordo on Mar. 30, 2022

WITH A SMITHSONIAN-AFFILIATED SPACE HISTORY MUSUEM, the oldest zoo in the Southwest, and flourishing pistachio farms and wineries, Alamogordo makes an activity-filled home base for a trip to nearby…

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Good Nights at White Sands

By Diana Alba Soular on Nov. 18, 2020

Camping at White Sands National Park. Photograph by Tira Howard. GYPSUM DUNES TAKE ON a magical feel under moonlight—a wonder best experienced by camping at one of White Sands National Park’s 10…

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Dry Hikes

By Ashley M. Biggers on Jan. 02, 2020

Above: Learn where you can hike during the winter without gaiters or snowshoes. Illustrations by Ryan Johnson. Church Rock Trail, Red Rock Park The spire of Church Rock rises above Gallup’s Red Rock…

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Cold Comforts

By Ashley M. Biggers on Dec. 17, 2019

Above: Resolve to have fun this New Year with a host of winter adventures. Illustrations by Ryan Johnson. SLAPSHOT SNAPSHOT With a crash, Spencer Rudrud’s shoulder hits the partition in front of me…

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The Mysteries of the Sands

By Tim Vanderpool on Oct. 23, 2018

Photographs by Jen Judge. I’m careening among huge sand dunes, and hanging on for dear life. Not that Patrick Martinez, a polite and gracious biotechnician, has suddenly gone loco behind the wheel of…

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