Soaptree yucca with white flowers sits on top of a white sand dune with mountains in the background

Automobile Tour of Dunes Drive

White Sands National Park

  • 1 - 2 hours
  • 10 tour stops

This self-guided interpretive tour takes you on a driving tour of Dunes Drive, the scenic 8-mile park road that winds through the dunes. Along the way, stops will explore what makes White Sands National Park unique as a natural wonder and a place that has drawn humans for thousands of years.

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