Alkali Flat Trail

Alkali Flat Trail, Alamogordo, NM

The Alkali Flat Trail is a 6.77km hiking trail located within White Sands National Park in Otero County, New Mexico, offering an immersive journey across one of the world's largest gypsum dune fields at an elevation of 1,208 meters. Hikers traverse a surreal, snow-white landscape of sculpted dunes and open alkali flats, with expansive 360-degree views of the surrounding Tularosa Basin and San Andres Mountains. With 186 scenic viewpoints captured along the route, this trail delivers an otherworldly desert experience unlike any other in the American Southwest.

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