Sunset - White Sands National Park

Having driven up from Big Bend National Park during the day, we had just enough time to enter White Sands National Park to watch part of the sunset. White Sands was the second of four parks we visited in September 2021 in Texas and New Mexico.

Sunbeams behind the dunes

Getting darker

Jupiter and the Moon

Even darker

Moonlight on the dunes

Jupiter and the last orange glow of sunset

An entry fee of $25 per vehicle, $20 per motorcycle, or $15 per person is valid for seven consecutive days at White Sands National Park. Other fee payment options include the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes including the Annual Pass ($80), Senior Pass ($80 for a lifetime), Access Pass (free with a documented disability), and Military Annual Pass (free for active-duty personnel). Also available is a White Sands National Park Annual Park Pass for $45.

The White Sands National Park website is https://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm.