The drive between el paso and white sands is over an hour, 3 hours between white sands and carlsbad and then 2 hours between there and el paso. About 2miles and you can add loops to make it bigger. I would camp in the sacramento mountains (far more enjoyable), visit carlsbad caverns (3ish hr drive from white sands).
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How do we visit white sands?
Can you just drive instead of hike?
Because it’s a national park, dune buggies are not permitted at white sands. Carlsbad caverns, in my opinion, will take. Personally to maximize the time and relaxation i would choose chiricahua national monument, white sands, guadalupe, carlsbad, and saguaro since. Beyond that there are picnic areas and tons of sand boarding.
Three rivers petroglyphs is < hour drive north of white sands, great camping just. White sands national park my boyfriend and i were wanting to take a trip out to new mexico for the white sands national park but i noticed a lot of it is closed off due to that plane crash. My family and i have a vacation to new mexico planned and we are so excited to see carlsbad caverns and white sands national parks. Just an overnight bc we were passing through from tucson/saguaro and trying to see white sands, guadalupe mountains, carlsbad caverns and big bend on one trip.
How do you do the sledding down?
It’s 4 hours from albuquerque to carlsbad, and 3 from carlsbad to white sands, so don’t make albuquerque your base. I need help deciding if. Can you bring a dog?