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White Sands National Monument
Accessibility
 
Wheelchair
The Visitor Center, Gift Shop and restrooms are wheelchair accessible.  Along the Dunes drive, the Interdune Boardwalk is a 600-yard wheelchair-accessible trail that leads to the top of a dune.  Selected picnic tables and pit toilets along the Dunes Drive are wheelchair-accessible.
Photo of animal tracks  

Did You Know?
Most desert animals are nocturnal, coming out to feed only at night when temperatures are cooler. Every animal in the white sands makes tracks on the dunes as it moves, leaving clues to its nocturnal activities.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:23 EST