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White Sands National Monument
Where To Eat

The gift shop at the White Sands National Monument Visitor Center offers packaged sandwiches, snacks and drinks (open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in summer).
The nearest restaurants are in Alamogordo (14 miles east) and Las Cruces (52 miles west).

Alamogordo restaurants.
Las Cruces restaurants.
Photo of ripples on a dune  

Did You Know?
The wind moves small sand grains by bouncing them along the surface in a process called "saltation." Saltating sand grains create a beautiful pattern of ripples on the dune surface. Larger sand grains are struck by saltating grains and slowly roll forward, a process known as "surface creep."

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